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Responding to and Preventing Sexual Violence Together in Paqtnkek

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Implementing a Sexual Violence Response & Prevention Project and Sharing Lessons Learned on Developing Partners & Assessing Needs Paqtnkek – The Paqtnkek Health Centre and Continue Reading →

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Bear River Beat: End of school year

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As we tie up the end of the school year, we have many graduates. Our Muin Sipu Learning Center Preschool graduates are Omri Harlow-White, Eli Continue Reading →

Community, Education

Team CCAP is Coming to YOUR Community

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Preparing Mi’kmaw Communities’ Water Utilities for Climate Change is a project funded by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (AANDC) through their Climate Change Adaptation Program Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Potlotek Signs MOU with Richmond County

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ARICHAT – Potlotek First Nation and the Municipality of the County of Richmond have signed a first-of-its-kind memorandum of understanding between both councils. The MOU Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Mi’kmaq Plamu/Salmon Management Plan Introduced

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Since 2012, the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs (Assembly) and Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office (KMKNO) have been developing a Mi’kmaq Plamu Salmon Management Plan, Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Powwow Trail 2015

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Community

LSK May News… “Comin’ at ya”

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Congratulations to Sutherland Greer (Grade 12) for winning the Canadian Legion’s “Provincial” Remembrance Day contest. Sutherland’s “Senior Essay” was awarded first place and it will Continue Reading →

Community, Education

How Paqtnkek Used Cowbird Storytelling Tool to Tell Community Stories

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It usually takes more than one person to get a story right, especially when the subjects of that story live in communities that might feel Continue Reading →

Business, Community

First Nations are new economic drivers in rural economies

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Hantsport – With one year of operations complete, the Glooscap First Nation Economic Development Corporation (GFNEDC) is well on its way to creating a new Continue Reading →

Community

Committee Launches Community Activities Support Initiative for Mi’kmaq History Month

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Millbrook – October 1st is the beginning of Mi’kmaq History Month in Nova Scotia. To support community activities, the Mi’kmaq History Month committee is launching Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Wagmatcook First Nation’s Preston Bernard Wins Prestigious Fisheries Award

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Every year the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APCFNC) honours excellence in the First Nations commercial fishery across the Atlantic region. This Continue Reading →

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Guardian of the Bras d’Or Lakes: Charlie Joe Dennis Remembered

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“I think it will go down in history that he was the greatest crusader for the protection of the Bras d’Or Lake and the watershed,” Continue Reading →