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Membertou Supports Mi’kmaw Heritage and Preservation Through Donation to Mi’kmawey Debert

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MEMBERTOU, N.S – Following the observances for Treaty Day and the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, Membertou is marking the importance of celebrating and Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

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It is becoming a tradition for the O’L’ PA’SN Games at Sipekne’katik on treaty day and this year was no exception. Thanks to Keith Julian Continue Reading →

Community, Culture, Education

Orange Shirt Day Celebrations

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It was a beautiful day to celebrate and recognize Orange Shirt Day as many call it or Truth and Reconciliation Day as it is formally Continue Reading →

Community, Culture, Education

Young Community Role Models Feted at 30th Sammy Gehue Awards

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Four Mi’kmaq youths were the center of attention for their many achievements in the 30th annual Sammy Gehue Achievement Awards. Community and family members gathered Continue Reading →

Business, Community, Culture

Rose Paul receives 2023 Indigenous Women in Leadership Award

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Community, Culture, Education, History, Obituaries

Mi’kmaw Elder Dr. Daniel N. Paul who set the Nova Scotia History Books Straight, dies at 84

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Daniel Paul, a Mi’kmaw Elder who documented the often painful details of his people’s history, has died at the age of 84. Paul’s book “We Continue Reading →

Business, Community, Culture, Eco

Wolastogiyik Wahsipekuk First Nation Invests in Electric Hybrid Fishing Vessel

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Located on the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River about 190 kilometres north of Québec City, the picturesque Wolastogiyik Wahsipekuk First Nation, the Continue Reading →

Community, Health, Sports

First Mi’kmaw to Run the Cabot Trail in its Entirety

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In the Cape Breton Highlands of Unama’ki, Darren Sylvester, 51, of Membertou, became the first Mi’kmaw to run the Cabot Trail in its entirety. In Continue Reading →

Community

APCFNC Welcomes our NEW Health Intern

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Community, Culture

Federation of Foster Families of Nova Scotia – Annual General Assembly

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Federation of Foster Families of Nova Scotia held their Annual General Assembly on May 26-28, 2023 at Glengarry Hotel in Truro. Foster families from eastern Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Investments in New Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre

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Wije’winen Centre, a new Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax, is receiving more financial support with construction of the facility on the horizon. The Province Continue Reading →

Art, Community, Culture

Nova Scotia First Nation Unveils Mi’kmaq Regalia after more than a Century in Australia

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