December 2017 – Ku'ku'kwes News

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 […]

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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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]