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August 7, 2012

Education, Health

Tripartite Forum hosts Aboriginal Community Warrior Program

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The Mi’kmaq – Nova Scotia – Canada Tripartite Forum is very proud to announce that 29 Mi’kmaw community members and employees have successfully completed the Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Isabelle Toney-Shay Knockwood A respected author, political activist, and Mi’kmaw Elder, Isabelle Toney-Shay Knockwood has worked to inspire Aboriginal peoples and other Canadians in a Continue Reading →

Letters

150th Anniversary Charlottetown Conference leading to Confederation

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Dear Editor: Surely, many Canadians will joyfully celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Charlottetown Conference that led up to the Confederation of Canada. However, as Continue Reading →

Community, Youth

Christmas at Shubie FM: Third Time is the Charm

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This year, the third Santa Claus Christmas Radio Show fell on the third anniversary of Shubie FM’s broadcast license. Santa and I were on hand Continue Reading →

Community

In Memorium – Reginald Maloney

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June 6, 1941 – December 3, 2013 On Tuesday, December 3, 2013, Keptin Saqamow Reginald Maloney, 72, left us forever when he passed away in Continue Reading →

Business

I DO BUSINESS. Atlantic Regional Summit

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Strategies for Aboriginal Success   I DO BUSINESS. Atlantic Regional Summit – Strategies for Aboriginal Success was just that, a great success! The three-day Summit, Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

Special Chiefs Assembly Regional Report

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Regional Chief Morley Googoo Reports on Education I would like to begin by welcoming everyone to this year’s 2013 Special Chief’s Assembly here in Gatineau, Continue Reading →

Youth

Little change in NS’s child poverty rate

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Halifax – In 2011, there were still 29,000 children living in poverty in Nova Scotia, twenty-two years after the House of Commons pledged to eliminate Continue Reading →

Legal

NS Chiefs Raise Concerns over Qalipu Mi’kmaq Band

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Under the direction of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs, the team at Kwilmu’kw Maw-Klusuaqn Negotiations Office (KMKNO) is in the early stages of Continue Reading →

Culture

Mi’kmaq History Month Wrap Up

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This October marked the 20th Year Anniversary of Mi’kmaq History Month in Nova Scotia. As part of the 20th Year Anniversary many initiatives were taken Continue Reading →

Health, Youth

Aboriginal Youth battles drug and solvent abuse

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Choosing your friends to stay strong “Drugs never help you. It hurts you slowly; it hurts your family and hurts the people who care about Continue Reading →

Education

87.7% of Mi’kmaq Students Earning High School Diploma

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High school graduation rates among Mi’kmaq students in Nova Scotia peaked at 87.7 per cent per cent in 2012-13, considerably higher than the national average Continue Reading →