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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 →

Community, Health

Funding for Eskasoni will support physical activity

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“Community recreation facilities make it easier for individuals and families to be physically active,” said MLA Pamela Ekying, on behalf of Tony Ince, Minister of Continue Reading →

Education, Health

Emergency Response in the Bay of Fundy

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The Bay of Fundy is a unique coastal environment. Home to the world’s highest tides, it is an ecologically sensitive area with a number of Continue Reading →

Education, Health

Ground breaking Descendants Gathering to be Held in Unama’ki

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For the first time in Mi’kmaki, descendants of survivors of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School will be gathering together to talk about how their lives Continue Reading →

Community, Health

One daughter’s fight to come out as trans—with support from her dad along the way

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Or what not to say to the parents of a transgender child. Jude and Koda Gerrard are a father and daughter living in Halifax. Their Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

Mi’kmaw Concerned with In-Stream Tidal Development

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The Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia have major concerns with the development of in-stream tidal in the Bay of Fundy. Through consultation with the Province of Continue Reading →

Business, Health

Free Yoga Session to Celebrate Launch of Website

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When people first hear the word yoga they think of difficult balances, tangles limbs and uncomfortable yoga postures. What many might not know that there Continue Reading →

Education, Health

Dal steps up support for Aboriginal students with full‑time advisor and support centre

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Dalhousie has established its first full-time Aboriginal student advisor position and created an affiliated campus centre to boost support for students from Indigenous communities attending Continue Reading →

Art, Health

Cancer through Lauren’s Art

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For 24 year-old, Lauren Sylliboy of Eskasoni, being diagnosed with breast cancer at such a young age was a shock to her and her family. Continue Reading →

Health, Youth

Eskasoni man saves choking boy

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What began as a regular family trip to the grocery store could have taken a tragic turn if not for the quick actions of an Continue Reading →

Community, Health

Mi’kmaw Community Projects Receive Innovation Grants

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Six innovative projects that will help prevent sexual violence in First Nations communities are receiving grants through the province’s Sexual Violence Strategy. Community Services Minister Continue Reading →

Community, Health

Natalie Doucette, Province’s First Mi’kmaw Child Welfare Specialist

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Natalie Doucette is often on the road offering support to families in transition as the province’s first Mi’kmaw child welfare specialist. “I bring a different Continue Reading →