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Shirley’s Corner: Spring Has Sprung

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Hello and welcome to the one and only Shirley’s Corner. I think it is safe to say that we did not have a to bad Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Clarification Regarding Rebrand of the Cultural Foundation

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Corner Brook—Qalipu’s Cultural Foundation was launched in February 2014 to support Band members in connecting with and discovering their Mi’kmaw culture. To ensure success, the Continue Reading →

Business, Culture

APC’s 24th Annual Fisheries Conference & Awards Banquet and Ceremony

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The Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APC) hosted its 24th annual Fisheries Conference & Awards Banquet and Ceremony in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Continue Reading →

Community, Culture, Education

“Kwe’ Eskasoni” wins Gold at the 2022 Canadian Online Publishing Awards

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HALIFAX, N.S. – University of King’s College and Nova Scotia Community College students and faculty from the 2022 Reporting in Mi’kma’ki course have won Gold Continue Reading →

Culture, Eco, Tourism

Kinu Tourism Project at Mount Saint Vincent University

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The Kinu Tourism Project is a Mi’kma’ki wide collaborative initiative at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) to create a sustainable Indigenous tourism student cohort program. Continue Reading →

Culture

Deepening Roots: Reconnecting with Wskɨtqamu

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On February 14th and 15th, thirty people from NS Department of Education and Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources (UINR) gathered at Ulnooweg’s Asitu’lɨsk for a Continue Reading →

Culture

My Grandfather, Smokey, our Superhero

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If you’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting my grandfather, Valerian Marshall “Smokey”, it’s probably because he may have drove you to a medical appointment, Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Mi’kmaw Youth Learn Traditional Hunting Skills Through Deer Cull in Nova Scotia

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Culture, Education, Youth

New Children’s Book Shines Light on Honour Song

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The Province and treaty education partners have worked together to develop a new children’s book about the Honour Song and its spiritual importance to Mi’kmaq. Continue Reading →

Culture

Shirley’s Corner: Jingles the Elf

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Quay aqq pjilasi to Shirley’s Corner to welcome in the New Year. Another year tucked away under our belts, to some it was a rough Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Congratulations Cheryl Copage-Gehue

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Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (Nova Scotia) was awarded the Cheryl Copage Gehue, Sipekne’katik First Nation. The medal program honours the 70 – year Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Congratulation Chief Leroy Denny

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Chief Leroy Denny of Eskasoni First Nation was presented The Queen Elizabeth Jubliee Platinum Medal on December 29, 2022 in front of his family and Continue Reading →