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Sipekne’katik finance director fired for using band funds to buy land, band councillor testifies

May 27, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A councillor with the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia testified the band’s former finance director was dismissed in 2012 when chief and council learned he purchased land using band funds. “It was a big let […]

Former accountant with Sipekne’katik fired after discovering irregular banking activities

May 26, 2016 Maureen Googoo

An accountant who was hired in 2009 to help the Sipekne’katik Band prepare an overdue audit said his employment contract ended abruptly shortly after he informed several band councillors about irregular activity with a dormant […]

Marshall-Tabor “frustrated” with Millbrook appealing human rights ruling

May 24, 2016 Maureen Googoo

Stacey Lee Marshall-Tabor says she’s frustrated the Millbrook First Nation is appealing a 2015 Canadian Human Rights tribunal decision that ruled the First Nation discriminated against her because she is a woman. Millbrook is seeking a […]

Millbrook second NS First Nation to leave Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative

May 20, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia is pulling out of the Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative, also known as Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn (KMKNO), and the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs. In a news release issued May […]

Fraud trial of former Sipekne’katik Finance Director begins

May 18, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The jury trial of the former finance director for the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia got underway in Halifax on Tuesday. Jeffrey Cecil Hayes, 61, is charged with theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000 and […]

Wildfires in Fort McMurray destroy Nova Scotia couple’s home

May 4, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A Mi’kmaw woman from Nova Scotia and her fiancé living in Fort McMurray, Alberta are homeless after wildfires destroyed their home Tuesday. Stephanie Sack, who is originally from Indian Brook First Nation, N.S., said the […]

Alton Gas to re-fence worksite along Shubenacadie River

April 29, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The fence at the Alton Natural Gas Storage project site along the banks of the Shubenacadie River in Fort Ellis, N.S. is going back up. In a letter to Sipekne’katik Chief Rufus Copage dated April […]

Alton Gas partially removes fence around construction site in Fort Ellis, N.S.

April 28, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Chief of the Sipekne’katik Band says he is satisfied Alton Gas has removed a portion of its fence around the construction site in Fort Ellis, N.S. so band members can fish along the banks […]

Indigenous communities, businesses contribute $1.14-billion to Atlantic Canada economy

April 27, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A new study released Wednesday shows the Indigenous economy in Atlantic Canada contributes approximately the same amount of money as other major projects in the region such as the Irving Shipbuilding. According to the study […]

Sipekne’katik Band to appeal Alton Gas approval in NS Supreme Court

April 25, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia plans to take its appeal of the Alton Gas storage project to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. “Yes, we’re filing an appeal,” Sipekne’katik Band Chief Rufus Copage said Monday. […]

Membertou first band in Atlantic to use online voting in upcoming referendum

April 20, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Membertou Band in Nova Scotia is the first band in Atlantic Canada trying out a new option for band members to vote in an upcoming referendum on its Family Homes Law. For the first […]

City Natives win 2016 ECMA for Aboriginal Recording of the Year

April 15, 2016 Maureen Googoo

City Natives have won their third East Coast Music award. The rap group nabbed the 2016 Aboriginal Recording of the Year during the gala show at Centre 200 in Sydney, N.S. Thursday evening. “I’m really […]

Rap/Hip-Hop musical acts dominate Aboriginal category at 2016 ECMAs

April 13, 2016 Maureen Googoo

Rap/Hip-Hop musical acts dominate the Aboriginal Artist of the Year category at the East Coast Music Awards this year. The nominees include rap group City Natives and rappers Tristan Grant and Kam Speech. They are […]

Alton Gas retains former AFN Chief’s consulting company for community engagement

March 21, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The company that wants to store natural gas in salt caverns along the Shubenacadie River in Nova Scotia has retained a consulting company owned by a former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, […]

RCMP investigate racist graffiti incident

March 3, 2016 Maureen Googoo

RCMP in Antigonish, N.S. is investigating an incident in which racist and “culturally objectionable” graffiti was spray painted on a home in Monastery. In a news release issued Thursday, police say the incident happened sometime […]