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Community

2016 Membertou Election Results!

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The votes have been counted and the community has spoken!  Following several weeks of campaigning by the candidates for Chief and Council, Membertou voters have Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Understanding Family Connections

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One of the pillars of the negotiation process is “to revive, promote and protect a healthy Mi’kmaq identity”. Determining who is a Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Continue Reading →

Education

Julian Marshall wins Leadership Award

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Sydney Academy student Julian Marshall wins third annual CBC Cape Breton Leadership Award Julian Marshall, a Grade 12 student at Sydney Academy, is the winner Continue Reading →

Business, Community

New marginal wharf in Conne River to boost local economy

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Grand Falls-Windsor company wins Aboriginal set-aside contract Grand Falls-Windsor, NL – Scott Simms, Member of Parliament for the riding of Coast of Bays – Central Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Eskasoni 2016 Powwow

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Legal

Update: Applications Determined to be Invalid in the Qalipu FN Enrolment Process

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April 13, 2016 –  Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, and Brendan Mitchell, Chief of the Continue Reading →

Community, Legal

Community Members Answer “Who is Mi’kmaq”?

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Mi’kmaq identity has been a priority topic for the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs and has guided work at Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office (KMKNO). Continue Reading →

Culture

UNB researching how digital technologies support Indigenous resurgence

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Working in partnership with the First Nations Innovation project, the Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre at the University of New Brunswick is leading a new project. The research Continue Reading →

Business

NWAC Proposes Three Iconic Indigenous Women for Next Bank of Canada Note

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Ottawa – The staff and board of the Native Women’s Association of Canada have collectively determined names of three late iconic Indigenous women to put Continue Reading →

Community

Millbrook takes the road less travelled, walks away from Kwilmu’kw Maw-Klusuaqn / Made In Nova Scotia Process

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Millbrook First Nation, Nova Scotia – Effective as of May 18, 2016, the Chief and Council of the Millbrook First Nation has withdrawn its support Continue Reading →

Business

CBU’s Purdy Crawford Chair Release Indigenous Business Textbook

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Sydney – On Tuesday, May 17, 2016, Cape Breton University’s Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies released its first textbook titled Indigenous Business in Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Professor of Holocaust Studies on Cornwallis

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Dear Editor: The following letter was sent to Halifax Regional Council by a member of the Halifax Jewish community, who is a daughter of a Continue Reading →