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August 7, 2012

Business, Community

Launch of New College Program to Provide Training for Local Jobs

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Edmundston, NB – Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. A new 15-week continuing education program was launched today by the Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB) Continue Reading →

Legal

Open letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper

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Specific Claims Research Associations Call for Immediate Restoration of Funding February 26 – Last week, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) notified Claims Research Continue Reading →

Business

I DO BUSINESS. Atlantic Regional Summit

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Strategies for Aboriginal Success   I DO BUSINESS. Atlantic Regional Summit – Strategies for Aboriginal Success was just that, a great success! The three-day Summit, Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Over 160 Training Positions in the future for Paqtnkek

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Skills and Partnership Fund Provides Training for 161 Community Members to Prepare for Commercial Development Project. The twinning of Highway 104 presents opportunities for Paqtnkek Continue Reading →

Health

AFN Supports Continuation of Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Ottawa, ON – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo expressed support for the one year extension of the work of the Continue Reading →

Legal

NS Chiefs Raise Concerns over Qalipu Mi’kmaq Band

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Under the direction of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs, the team at Kwilmu’kw Maw-Klusuaqn Negotiations Office (KMKNO) is in the early stages of Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Accelerating Growth for Aboriginal Entrepreneurs and Communities

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GATINEAU, Quebec – The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) is pleased to host the third annual Aboriginal Entrepreneurs Conference and Trade Show 2013 (AECTS Continue Reading →

Community

Causeway Improvements for Lennox Island

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LENNOX ISLAND – The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, visited the Lennox Island First Nation, to meet with community members Continue Reading →

Community

Impacts of the Indian Act – What New Parents Need to Know

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Many young people, who are expecting a child, begin to take a close look at the choices they make and what the future could look Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

2013 L’nui’sultinej Conference attracts over 300 to St. FX

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L’nui’ta’sultinej – Leadership and Capacity Building Leadership in Mi’kmaw language revitalization was the focus of three days of conversation when over 300 educators, Elders, researchers Continue Reading →

Community

Fishermen Pow Wow in Miramichi

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Community, Education, Youth

Eel Ground First Nation Gets Go-ahead For New Elementary School

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Eel Ground, NB – The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, joined Eel Ground Chief George Ginnish, members of his Band Continue Reading →