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  • [ November 18, 2019 ] Former NSNWA President files human rights complaint against NS Aboriginal Affairs Minister News
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  • [ November 6, 2019 ] Band members have more questions than answers in proposed 1919 land claim deal News
  • [ October 31, 2019 ] Prosper seeks fourth term as Chief of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation News
  • [ October 29, 2019 ] Mi’kmaw lawyer wants Alton to stop work until court injunction is decided News
  • [ October 22, 2019 ] Two Indigenous candidates from Atlantic Canada win seats in 2019 Federal Election Atlantic
  • [ October 18, 2019 ] First Nation leaders concerned correct info on day school settlement not reaching former students Maritimes
  • [ October 13, 2019 ] All documents of the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution now available online News
  • [ October 11, 2019 ] Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Mi’kmaw Chiefs remove Morley Googoo as AFN regional vice-chief News
December 13, 2019

Month: December 2017

Atlantic

2017: A Year in Photos

December 31, 2017 Stephen Brake
Walking With Our Sisters Art Exhibit at MSVU In January, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery opened an exhibit to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The exhibit, created by Metis artist Christi […]
Atlantic

Ku’ku’kwes News Top 10 Popular News Stories of 2017

December 29, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Alton Natural Gas Storage Project Opposition against the Alton Gas Natural Storage Project near Stewiake, N.S. continued into 2017. Alton Gas wants to create underground storage caverns by flushing out the salt deposits using water […]
News

RCMP, fire officials investigating ‘suspicious’ fire that destroyed lobster pound

December 27, 2017 Maureen Googoo
A fire that destroyed a lobster pound in Saint Bernard, N.S. on Christmas Day is under investigation by both the RCMP and local fire officials. “We do feel the fire is suspicious,” RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. […]
News

Sipekne’katik band councillor’s lobster pound destroyed in fire

December 26, 2017 Maureen Googoo
A Sipekne’katik band councillor says a lobster pound he owns in southwestern Nova Scotia was destroyed by fire in the early hours on Christmas Day. Alex McDonald said he was contacted by the RCMP about […]
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Ku’ku’kwes News – The Podcast: Episode 15

December 22, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Ku’ku’kwes News – The Podcast: Episode 15 Recorded on December 4, 2017 Host: Maureen Googoo Other ways to listen to Ku’ku’kwes News – The Podcast: iTunes Google Play Tunein Radio RSS Podcast includes: 1. Interview […]
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Paqtnkek chief hopes highway project will bring more revenue to the community

December 22, 2017 Maureen Googoo
The chief of the Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation hopes a multimillion dollar highway project currently underway will provide a new source of revenue to the small First Nation community. “For community members, it allows us to […]
News

Rally held to protect sacred Kluscap Mountain from mining

December 18, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Mi’kmaw activist Elizabeth Marshall says Kluscap Mountain in Cape Breton, N.S. is sacred and should remain protected from any mining activity. “That’s where our people go to do fasts. That’s where our people go to […]
NB

Mi’kmaq Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy remembered as kind, caring leader

December 1, 2017 Maureen Googoo
The Grand Chief of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council, or Santé Mawiomi, is being remembered as a kind, caring person who treated everyone he met with respect. Kji-Saqmaw Ben Sylliboy passed away at the Cape Breton […]

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