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From Victory X to Youngest Councillor

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When you lead by example and are viewed by youths and adults as a positive role model, it was not surprising that Tom Johnson Jr. Continue Reading →

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Five Hours of Music in Flooded Eskasoni

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Across Cape Breton, first responders and ordinary citizens met the challenges of Hurricane Matthew’s rain and winds with courage and generosity. Eskasoni was a particularly Continue Reading →

Community

Thanksgiving Monday to Remember

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It all began on a rainy Thanksgiving morning of October 10, 2016. Tropical Storm Matthew had touchdown in Cape Breton and it was raining cats Continue Reading →

Community, Health

Eskasoni’s Run for the Cure 2016

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Photo collection provided by George Paul of Eskasoni.

Community

Excitement builds around the new fire hall

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On Sunday October 23rd, members of the Pictou Landing First Nation Fire Department, community members and other local fire departments gathered to celebrate the ground Continue Reading →

Community, Education

ESK Immersion School Officially Opens

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It was a historical day on October 7, 2016 when Essissoqnikewey Siawa’sik – L’nuey Kina’matinewo’kuo’m (ESK) Mi’kmaq Immersion school officially opened its doors in Eskasoni Continue Reading →

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Band Members, general public and invited guests attended the Benoit 1st nation Annual Assembly and Mi’kmaw Centre Grand opening which was a cultural gathering and Continue Reading →

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Dan Christmas named as ‘non-partisan’ Senator by Prime Minister

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Christmas is widely credited as one of the key architects of Membertou’s economic success MEMBERTOU – One of the key architects in transforming Membertou from Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Elsipogtog opens Commercial Centre with Loblaw’s and Pharmasave

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ELSIPOGTOG FIRST NATION – The Usand Group (Usand) offers its congratulations to Elsipogtog First Nation (Elsipogtog) on the grand opening of their new River of Continue Reading →

Community

New members invested into the Order of NB

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FREDERICTON – Ten accomplished individuals were invested into the Order of New Brunswick, two posthumously, by the chancellor of the order, Lt.-Gov. Jocelyne Roy Vienneau, Continue Reading →

Community

‘Truly blessed’: Sister Dorothy Moore celebrates 60th year at Antigonish congregation

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Sister Dorothy Moore had good reason to turn her back on the Catholic Church. As a nine-year-old girl, she was displaced from her family in Continue Reading →

Community, Health

Select committee on climate change releases final report

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FREDERICTON – A document entitled New Brunswickers’ Response to Climate Change was released today as the final report of the select committee on climate change. Continue Reading →