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Study Finds Barriers To Healthy Foods Are Eroding Food Security For FNs

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Decade-Long, Mega-Study Finds Barriers To Access To Healthy Traditional Foods Are Eroding Food Security For First Nations OTTAWA – On November 6, the Assembly of Continue Reading →

Health

Mi’kmaq Social Development: A Step In The Right Direction

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Since August 2011, the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs (Assembly) and the Social Development Administrators (SDAs) from all thirteen Mi’kmaq communities began working together Continue Reading →

Community, Health

New President Elected For The NS Native Women’s Association

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On September 14, 2019, during its Annual General Assembly, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) elected Lorraine Whitman as its new president. Ms. Whitman Continue Reading →

Community, Health

$22.1M Invested In Three Projects In Eskasoni

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“I am very pleased to announce that we will be investing over $22.1M in three important projects right here in Eskasoni” It was a rainy Continue Reading →

Community, Health

Funding For NB Infrastructure Improvements

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EEL RIVER BAR — The provincial and federal governments have announced funding for water, wastewater and infrastructure improvements in northern New Brunswick. Eel River Bar Continue Reading →

Health

Smoke Signals: Cannabis or Canada Dis?

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Dear Editor: On October 17th, 2018 Cannabis was legalized in Canada. In Nova Scotia. Bill No. 108 “An Act to Provide for the Regulation and Continue Reading →

Health, Jobs

Glooscap First Nation Celebrates NAOSH Week

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Glooscap First Nation (GFN) kicked off NAOSH week North American Occupational Safety and Health week (May 5th – 11th, 2019), by raising the NAOSH flag Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

Name Change Fees Waived For Residential School Survivors

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Government is making it easier for Residential School survivors and their families to reclaim their birth name. For many Indigenous children entering residential schools, the Continue Reading →

Health

Canada Invests $100M In Indigenous Health Research

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Victoria, BC – Indigenous Peoples in Canada experience a greater percentage of serious health issues than the rest of the population. That is why Indigenous Continue Reading →

Culture, Health

Honouring Missing And Murdered Women

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Sometimes something touches your heart and gives you inspiration. That is what inspired Mi’kmaw artist Jordyn Gehue of Indian Brook Fist Nation. Jordyn created a Continue Reading →

Health

Stop NS’s Coyote Cull To Combat Rising Deer Population

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The dire results of messing with the balances of Mother Nature It’s time to take the bounty off of coyotes and allow them to increase Continue Reading →

Community, Health

NS Native Women’s Association Declares A State Of Emergency

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We Are In Crisis Federal and Provincial government must commit to addressing the health needs of the Mi’kmaw, NOW! The Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association Continue Reading →