Mi’kmaw – Ku'ku'kwes News

New Brunswick elections: New revenue sharing agreements for First Nations on the table

October 19, 2024 Rodrigo Huerta Aguirre

First Nations in New Brunswick consider revenue agreements crucial in this provincial election. Tax agreements that date back to 1994 were in place to fund operations in Indigenous communities until last year, when Premier Higgs […]

Three Indigenous artists nominated at 2024 MusicNL awards

September 6, 2024 Aswin Nair

Three Indigenous artists have been nominated for an award with the Music NL, the music industry association for Newfoundland and Labrador. Summer Bennett, DT Surgeon and Lorna Lovell are nominated in the Indigenous Artist/Group of […]

Second Mi’kmaw candidate running in Nova Scotia election

July 23, 2021 Maureen Googoo

A second Mi’kmaw person is running in the Nova Scotia election. Bryson Syliboy is the New Democratic Party candidate in the provincial riding of Richmond in Cape Breton. If elected, Syliboy would be the first […]

Defining a Moderate Livelihood: Part 2

May 15, 2019 Olivia Blackmore

Editor’s Note: This news story is the last in a two-part series examining the issue of defining ‘moderate livelihood’ as the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Donald Marshall, […]

Defining a ‘Moderate Livelihood’: Part 1

May 13, 2019 Olivia Blackmore

Editor’s Note: This news story is the first in a two-part series examining the issue of defining ‘moderate livelihood’ as the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Donald Marshall, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Halifax vying to host North American Indigenous Games in 2020

April 13, 2018 Karli Zschogner

Members of a Nova Scotia committee hoping to bring the North American Indigenous Games to Halifax in 2020 got a chance this week to show the selection team what the city can offer if chosen. […]

Sanipass hopes to become first Mi’kmaw elected to NS Legislature

May 29, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Trevor Sanipass hopes to become the first Mi’kmaw elected to the Nova Scotia Legislature. “We need Indigenous representation throughout Nova Scotia so I felt that it was important (to run), Sanipass explained during an interview […]