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August 7, 2012

Education

Five Mi’kmaq EMO Grads Celebrated at NSCC Graduation

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A new generation of graduates from Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) are ready for anything nature can throw at them and their communities. This year’s Continue Reading →

Community, Culture, Eco

Indigenous Oyster Farms in Atlantic Canada Continue to Progress

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Over the last ten years, Mi’kmaq and Maliseet First Nations (MMFNs) have made great strides in the development of oyster farms. Six Indigenous communities have Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Esgenoôpetitj First Nation’s Fish Processing Plant Reaches Top Production Capacity

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Ten years after acquiring an old, obsolete, virtually all manually operated fish processing plant in Bas Caraquet, New Brunswick, the community is in the process Continue Reading →

Business

Giant Tiger Roars Into Madawaska Maliseet First Nation, New Brunswick

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Culture, Legal

Mi’kmaw Chiefs Support Wolastoqey Nation’s Calls for Justice Improvements

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Mi’kma’ki – The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs (Assembly) are showing support and solidary with the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick as they call Continue Reading →

Community

A Tribute to My Brother, Chief Lawrence Paul, an Innovator.

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Chief Lawrence, the 10th of fourteen children, and nine of my sisters and brothers were born in New Brunswick, I and four of my sisters Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Aboriginal people & the First World War

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Even though it wasn’t their fight, when the British Empire went to war in 1914, Canada’s Aboriginal People didn’t hesitate to answer the call to Continue Reading →

Business

Government Invests into NB Aboriginal Shipbuilding Strategy

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The Government of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS) represents a historic opportunity for job creation and economic growth across the country. The NSPS is Continue Reading →

Sports

Maloney Set to Defend Title

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Colin Maloney of Sipekne’katik is set to defend his Red Jacket at the 10th Annual Mi’kmaq Masters golf tournament being held on June 7th and Continue Reading →

Art

Celebrating a New Book by Mi’kmaw poet Shalan Joudry

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In her debut collection, Shalan Joudry skillfully weaves the experiences of her Mi’kmaw ancestors, her own reality and the hope she has for the next Continue Reading →

Sports, Youth

Eskasoni Judo Medalists

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The community of Eskasoni and the Eskasoni Judo Club want to congratulate these four young Judo members, Devon Johnson, Angelo Bernard, Ronald Dennis and Trenton Continue Reading →

Business

APC Congratulates Commercial Fisheries Awards Winners

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The Atlantic Policy Congress (APC) of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat would like to congratulate all the winners of the Third Annual Aboriginal Fisheries Awards! The Continue Reading →