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Business

Mi’kmaw Economic Benefits Office: A Model to Build On

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In collaboration with the Conference Board of Canada, The Atlantic Policy Congress (APC) of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat release a report highlighting critical success factors 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 →

Education, Youth

Minister Bennett Discusses Ways to Improve Education Outcomes

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Halifax, NS – On April 27, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, participated in an education roundtable held at Dalhousie University Continue Reading →

Community, Youth

Student Names New Fishing Boat to honour late Chief

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Well, June is upon us and everyone is getting anxious for the end-of-year field trips, graduation, semi-formal, prom and of course, the last day of Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Bear River Drum Making Course

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Community, Legal

Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation ordered to pay $225,000 penalty for untreated pulp and paper effluent spill

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Pictou – On May 11, the Court rendered its final decision regarding the allocation of the total penalty, which will be directed to the Environmental Continue Reading →

Community, Youth

Millbrook Annual Bass Derby

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Victor Brooks of Millbrook came third in the youth division and won himself a two-man inflatable boat.

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 →

Business, Community

Waycobah First Nation’s New Fish Processing Facility Set to Open in August

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Many months of development, planning and construction will soon come to fruition for the hard-working people of Waycobah First Nation. This community, located on the Continue Reading →

Youth

Miss Teen Maritime international pageant

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Ocean Pierro-Mcdonald participated in the Miss Teen Maritime international pageant held at the Dieppe Arts Theatre in Dieppe, NB on May 21 and 22, 2016.

Education, Youth

L’nu Sipuk Kina’muokuom News…

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Spring is here!!! I am so excited because it means warmer weather ahead and another month closer to the end of the school year, which Continue Reading →

Community

Message from the Co-Chairs of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs

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We are Mi’kmaq. We are Family. Unity for our future generations. Recently Millbrook First Nation announced their Council’s decision to leave the Assembly of Nova Continue Reading →