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  • [ February 5, 2021 ] Sipekne’katik sues Nova Scotia, says fish buying regulations infringe on treaty rights News
  • [ October 28, 2020 ] Membertou latest First Nation to leave Assembly of NS Mi’kmaw Chiefs, KMKNO News
  • [ October 27, 2020 ] Lawyer for Mi’kmaw fishermen says charges against them should be dismissed News
  • [ October 25, 2020 ] Eskasoni fisherman plans to fight fishery charges against him News
  • [ October 22, 2020 ] Mi’kmaw lobster harvester is pleased with court injunction against hostile protesters News
  • [ October 14, 2020 ] Angry mob trap Mi’kmaw fishermen at a lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia News
  • [ October 5, 2020 ] Nova Scotia chiefs rejected $87-million offer from DFO, want moderate livelihood defined News
  • [ September 28, 2020 ] Next step for Sipekne’katik lobster harvesters in moderate livelihood fishery is selling catch News
  • [ September 21, 2020 ] Sipekne’katik Chief says Mi’kmaw lobster traps vandalized in St. Mary’s Bay over the weekend News
  • [ September 18, 2020 ] Nova Scotia First Nation launches its own moderate livelihood fishery News
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Lawyer for Mi’kmaw fishermen says charges against them should be dismissed

October 27, 2020 Maureen Googoo
The lawyer representing four Mi’kmaw lobster fishermen in Nova Scotia says all fishery charges against them should be dismissed. “We have four Mi’kmaw fishermen that were fishing under their right to (fish for) a moderate […]
News

Eskasoni fisherman plans to fight fishery charges against him

October 25, 2020 Maureen Googoo
A Mi’kmaw lobster fisherman from Eskasoni First Nation in Nova Scotia says he plans to fight several fishery charges against him. Ashton Bernard, 30, says he was exercising his treaty right to fish for a […]
Maritimes

Missing teen found safe after search in wooded area in Cape Breton

August 22, 2020 Maureen Googoo
A 14-year-old girl from We’koqma’q First Nation in Nova Scotia who was missing for more than a week has been found safe. According to a news release, RCMP Air Services reported a fire in an […]
News

Remembering William Basque, the Mi’kmaw veteran behind the poem, Sma’knis

November 8, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Rose Basque recalls when her late husband, William Basque, wrote the poem, Sma’knis, back in 1992. She said he had trouble going to sleep one night. “He said, ‘Oh my God. My mind is going […]
Atlantic

Meet the 3 Indigenous candidates in Atlantic Canada running in the Oct. 21 federal election

September 16, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Three Indigenous people in Atlantic Canada are running in the Oct. 21 federal election. One candidate is seeking re-election while the other two are running for the first time. In Newfoundland and Labrador, Liberal candidate […]
News

Nova Scotia judge grants temporary injunction against Mi’kmaw water protector, supporters

March 19, 2019 Maureen Googoo
A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has granted the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project company a temporary injunction against a Mi’kmaw water protector and his supporters currently occupying the entrance to the company’s property in […]
News

Mi’kmaw man’s lawyer wants court injunction by Alton Gas dismissed

March 13, 2019 Maureen Googoo
A Mi’kmaw man from Eskasoni First Nation in Nova Scotia denies he is blocking employees with Alton Natural Gas Storage Project Inc. from accessing company facilities along the Shubenacadie River near Stewiake, N.S. A lawyer […]
Atlantic

Q&A with ECMA nominee City Natives

May 2, 2018 Karli Zschogner
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final profile of artists nominated for an East Coast Music Award in the Indigenous Artist of the Year category. The awards show will be held in Halifax on […]
Podcasts

Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 9

May 15, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 9 Recorded on April 9, 2017 Host: Maureen Googoo Other ways to listen to Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: iTunes Google Play Tunein Radio RSS Podcast includes: 1. Reporter Samantha Calio’s […]
News

University prof studying rate of malocclusions among Mi’kmaq

May 3, 2017 Samantha Calio
An anthropologist at Saint Mary’s University is conducting research on the rate and severity of dental malocclusions among Mi’kmaw people in Atlantic Canada. Tanya Peckmann, a professor in the Anthropology Department at SMU in Halifax, […]
NB

Leader of largest Mi’kmaw community calls Liberal majority “a big relief”

October 20, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Eskasoni Chief Leroy Denny called Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s victory in the federal election Monday “a big relief.” “Finally, our voices are heard and I’m proud of our First Nation for voting.” “I’m especially proud […]

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