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August 7, 2012

Community, Sports

Mkumi’knipuk (Icy Season) 43rd Annual Eskasoni Winter Carnival

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This year Eskasoni celebrated its 43rd Annual Winter Carnival title Mkumi’knipuk (Frozen Ground) on February 17-21, 2016. This year’s winter carnival held many events from Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Life Time Achievement Award for late Chief Charlie Joe Dennis

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Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia hosted their annual The Sea Farmers Conference on January 27-29, 2016 in Halifax and held a special Lifetime Achievement Award Continue Reading →

Community

Atlantic salmon: Plamu for the future

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The Atlantic salmon (Mi’kmaq: Plamu) is an important cultural and traditional resource for the Mi’kmaw people of Atlantic Canada. Both Aboriginal and non-aboriginal peoples of Continue Reading →

Community, Sports

The Champ: EFC Honours the late Seymour Doucette

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The Eskasoni Fitness Center (EFC) was packed on February 29, 2016 when family and friends of the late world class power lifter Seymour Doucette was Continue Reading →

Education, Health

Mount graduate student’s research gets international recognition

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Danielle Root comes from the small community of Listuguj First Nation in Quebec. When Danielle was young, her mother always encouraged Danielle to do something Continue Reading →

Community

I Lost My Talk: Rita Joe’s poem created into a Visual Musical Masterpiece

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Would Rita Joe, the late Poet Laureate of the Mi’kmaw people, have ever imagined how she and her poem, ‘I Lost My Talk,’ would be Continue Reading →

Culture, Health

New In-Community crisis counselling service with cultural component launches in NS

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Two Mi’kmaq Sisters are breaking new trails by offering the first professional on-reserve counselling service that goes In-Community across Nova Scotia, and also offers an Continue Reading →

Art, Community

Gentle Warrior: Rita Joe Music Project Creates Buzz

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The new song titled ‘Gentle Warrior,’ created by the students and teachers of Allison Bernard Memorial High School (ABMHS) in Eskasoni knew their song was Continue Reading →

Community, Legal

Concerns over Alton Gas approval

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The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs, member to Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office (KMKNO) and the Sipekne’katik Chief and Council have found themselves at odds Continue Reading →

Community, Youth

Province Unveils Heritage Day Flag

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Heritage Day has a new symbol that reflects Nova Scotia’s rich and diverse culture. Tony Ince, Minister of Communities, Culture and Heritage, unveiled the flag Continue Reading →

Letters

A Mother’s Love…

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In 2010, my mom was diagnosed with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC). What is PBC? It is a chronic liver disease. It is believed that PBC Continue Reading →

Community

Newly Elected Qalipu Chief and Council Welcomed with Swearing in Ceremony

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An election to choose Qalipu’s governing body, the Chief and Council, takes place every three years, and was recently conducted this year on October 23. Continue Reading →