November 2017 – Ku'ku'kwes News

Former Sipekne’katik Chief facing drug trafficking charges appears in court

November 27, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A former chief of the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia appeared in court Monday on drug trafficking charges. Wearing a black pinstripe suit, Jerry Francis Sack, 55, appeared briefly before Judge Catherine Benton in Shubenacadie […]

Prosper elected to third term as Chief of Paqtnkek

November 27, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Paul (PJ) Prosper has been elected to serve a third term as chief of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation in Nova Scotia. Chief Prosper received 167 votes in the Nov. 24 election. His only opponent, former chief […]

Millbrook First Nation honours Mi’kmaw veterans on Remembrance Day

November 11, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Former United States Marine Corps Sergeant Mike Stephens described Saturday’s Remembrance Day service in Millbrook First Nation, N.S. as humbling. “My grandfathers were WWI and WWII veterans. To be even remotely considered in the same […]

Two Mi’kmaw men from Waycobah receive NS Medal of Bravery

November 8, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Two Mi’kmaw men from Waycobah First Nation were honoured Wednesday for risking their lives to save two tourists from a burning truck in Sept. 2016. Shane Bernard and his best friend, Liam Bernard, received the […]

Families want answers on loved ones cases, MMIWG commissions hear on Day 3 hearings

November 2, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The families of Virginia Sue Pictou-Noyes and Tanya Jean Brooks told the MMIWG Inquiry hearing in Membertou on Wednesday that they need answers about their missing and murdered loved ones. For the family of Virginia […]

Family seeking justice in Mi’kmaw woman’s death testify in Day 2 of MMIWG hearings in Membertou

November 1, 2017 Maureen Googoo

More stories of pain, survival and seeking justice were heard on Day 2 of public hearings with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Membertou, N.S. Tuesday. Family members and […]

Live Blog: Day 3 of MMIWG Inquiry

November 1, 2017 Maureen Googoo