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Month: October 2016

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Former Sipekne’katik finance director gets 2 years in prison for fraud, theft

October 28, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The former Director of Finance for the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for stealing more than $340,000 from the band coffers. Justice John Murphy also ordered Jeffrey […]
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Dan Christmas first Mi’kmaq appointed to Senate

October 27, 2016 Maureen Googoo
Dan Christmas, who has devoted most of his career working to better the lives of Mi’kmaw people, is the first Mi’kmaq to be appointed to the Senate. Christmas, a senior advisor with the Membertou First […]
#MMIWG

Caribou Legs’ cross-country run to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

October 19, 2016 Maureen Googoo
A Gwich’in runner from Vancouver has brought his cross-country campaign to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to Atlantic Canada. Brad Firth, also known as Caribou Legs, has been running across […]
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Mi’kmaq Elder Doug Knockwood receives Order of Nova Scotia

October 12, 2016 Maureen Googoo
A respected Mi’kmaw elder who overcame adversity in his life so he could help and empower others was one of five people who received the 2016 Order of Nova Scotia on Wednesday. Freeman Douglas Knockwood, […]
Atlantic

Pardon announced for late Grand Chief Sylliboy during Treaty Day celebrations

October 3, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The Nova Scotia government plans to grant a pardon to the late Mi’kmaq Grand Chief Gabriel Sylliboy for his 1929 conviction for hunting muskrat out of season. Deputy Premier Diana Whelan made the announcement during […]

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