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August 2012

Community, Education

Eskasoni’s Role Models of the Year

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Al Oakley and Bessie Prosper Eskasoni’s Allison Bernard Memorial High School (ABMHS) held their annual “Role Model of the Year,” ceremonies at the high school Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Meet JEDI’s new business liaison: Riley Patles

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Since starting with JEDI just one short week ago, I have already learned so much and met so many people who will surely have a Continue Reading →

Health

New grant program to help reduce poverty in Nova Scotia

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Nova Scotians living in poverty will benefit from a new grant program for community-based organizations, and people on income assistance in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) Continue Reading →

Youth

Shirley’s Corner: Issue six

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Welcome to 2018 at the home of the unpredictable Shirley’s Corner where one never knows the outcome of any given day. Now let’s see where Continue Reading →

Business

Antigonish Chamber of Commerce appoints first Mi’kmaq board member

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Rose Paul, director of economic development at Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation, is the first Mi’kmaq representative to be appointed to the Antigonish Chamber of Commerce board Continue Reading →

Community

Interesting People and Events 14

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After leaving Warner Brothers I went to work for many different outfits. For instance I took a job as a machine foreman in the mid-1960s Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Kelp Aquaculture is Thriving in the Gaspé Peninsula Region

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The picturesque Baie des Chaleurs along the south shore of Québec’s Gaspé Peninsula is home to a new commercial enterprise. It is the new, unique Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Canada’s Residential School Story Launches on Google Earth Voyager

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Ottawa – Residential schools for First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were first established in 1831 and ran for 165 years until 1996. This system Continue Reading →

Health

Turning his life around

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HANSARD DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS Speaker Honourable Kevin Murphy Assembly 63 / Session 1 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 From a very young age, Alex Michael of Continue Reading →

Art, Culture

Paul Harris Rotary Fellowship Award

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Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage Continue Reading →

Community

Eskasoni Christmas Telethon raises over $18,000

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Photo collection.

Culture, Education

New Women’s Studies professor brings Indigenous feminist perspective to the classroom

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In her words: Learning from stories told by Indigenous women in NS Born and raised in scwha, L’sitkuk (known as Bear River First Nation), Nova Scotia, Continue Reading →