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Month: September 2016

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New Mi’kmaw Resource Guide to help parents of 4-year-olds

September 29, 2016 Maureen Googoo
A new resource guide aimed at helping Mi’kmaq families promote cultural and learning activities with their young children was released in Halifax Thursday. Karen Gatien, Deputy Minister for the Nova Scotia Education and Early Childhood […]
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Alton Natural Gas Project opponents stage sit-in at company entrance

September 26, 2016 Maureen Googoo
A group that opposes the Alton Natural Gas Project moved its occupation from the Shubenacadie riverbank to the gated driveway of the project site in Fort Ellis, N.S. to stage a sit-in Monday morning. The […]
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Sipekne’katik Chief says Alton Gas will take legal action if eel traps remain on project site

September 18, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The Chief of the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia says company executives with the Alton Gas Natural Storage Project have threatened legal action against the band and the protesters if the eel traps placed in […]
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Sentencing of former Sipekne’katik Band Finance Director adjourned until Oct. 28

September 15, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The sentencing of a Halifax man convicted of stealing and defrauding more than $300,000 from the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia has been adjourned until October 28. Jeffrey Cecil Hayes, 61, was scheduled to be […]
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Group calls tiny island at Alton site traditional Mi’kmaw territory, builds teepee

September 12, 2016 Maureen Googoo
A group that opposes the Alton Natural Gas Storage project along the Shubenacadie River near Stewiake, N.S. has set up a teepee frame on a tiny, man-made island in the river to mark it as […]
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March organized in Indian Brook to mark World Suicide Prevention Day

September 12, 2016 Maureen Googoo
Stuart Knockwood joined the RCMP in the mid-1990s because he wanted to do something about the high rates of suicides in First Nation communities. In particular, Knockwood, was upset and angry that two of his […]
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Dalhousie professor researching health of Indigenous people in Halifax

September 9, 2016 Maureen Googoo
A professor at Dalhousie University wants to know how culture and pride affect the health and well-being of Indigenous people living in Halifax. Amy Bombay, an assistant professor in the psychiatry and nursing departments at […]
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Protesters build treaty “truckhouse” near Alton Natural Gas Storage project site

September 6, 2016 Maureen Googoo
Protesters against a company’s plan to store natural gas in underground salt caverns near Alton, N.S. are turning to an article in the 1752 Peace and Friendship Treaty to step up their opposition to the […]

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