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December 5, 2025

Articles by Maureen Googoo

About Maureen Googoo

Maureen Googoo is an award-winning journalist from Indian Brook First Nation (Sipekne'katik) in Nova Scotia. She has worked in news more than 30 years for media outlets such as CBC Radio, the Chronicle-Herald and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. Maureen has an arts degree in political science from Saint Mary's University in Halifax, a journalism degree from Ryerson University in Toronto and a Masters degree in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.

Millbrook First Nation honours Mi’kmaw veterans on Remembrance Day

November 11, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Former United States Marine Corps Sergeant Mike Stephens described Saturday’s Remembrance Day service in Millbrook First Nation, N.S. as humbling. “My grandfathers were WWI and WWII veterans. To be even remotely considered in the same […]

Two Mi’kmaw men from Waycobah receive NS Medal of Bravery

November 8, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Two Mi’kmaw men from Waycobah First Nation were honoured Wednesday for risking their lives to save two tourists from a burning truck in Sept. 2016. Shane Bernard and his best friend, Liam Bernard, received the […]

Families want answers on loved ones cases, MMIWG commissions hear on Day 3 hearings

November 2, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The families of Virginia Sue Pictou-Noyes and Tanya Jean Brooks told the MMIWG Inquiry hearing in Membertou on Wednesday that they need answers about their missing and murdered loved ones. For the family of Virginia […]

Family seeking justice in Mi’kmaw woman’s death testify in Day 2 of MMIWG hearings in Membertou

November 1, 2017 Maureen Googoo

More stories of pain, survival and seeking justice were heard on Day 2 of public hearings with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Membertou, N.S. Tuesday. Family members and […]

Live Blog: Day 3 of MMIWG Inquiry

November 1, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Live Blog: Day 2 of MMIWG Inquiry

October 31, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Day 1 of MMIWG inquiry in Membertou hears stories of loss and resilience

October 31, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The family of slain university student Loretta Saunders and two survivors of violence and harassment gave emotional testimony during the first day of hearings into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls on Monday in […]

Live Blog: Day 1 of MMIWG Inquiry

October 30, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls are holding community hearings in Membertou First Nation, N.S. from Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2017. Approximately 40 families have registered to make statements […]

Membertou welcomes the MMIWG Inquiry

October 30, 2017 Maureen Googoo

More than hundred people gathered in Membertou First Nation, N.S. Sunday afternoon to welcome family members taking part in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls this week. Drummers and dancers […]

MMIWG Inquiry to hold hearing in Membertou First Nation

October 27, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Agnes Gould is looking forward to sharing her sister’s story to commissioners with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, or MMIWG, next week in Membertou, N.S. “I want to humanize […]

Passamaquoddy Nation moving closer to status in Canada

October 19, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The leader that represents the Passamaquoddy people in Canada says they’re moving closer to receiving status by the Canadian government. “Well it seems like it is coming to fruition,” Chief Hugh Akagi said in a […]

Indigenous cultures celebrated at Celtic Colours International Festival

October 13, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Kathleen Ivaluarjuk Merritt said it was a dream come true when her band, Iva, was invited to perform at this year’s Celtic Colours International Festival in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Merritt, who is from Rankin […]

Former Sipekne’katik Band Chief charged with drug trafficking

October 12, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The former chief of the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia has been charged with drug trafficking following an RCMP traffic stop. Jerry Francis Sack, 55, of Indian Brook First Nation has been charged with four […]

Parent upset Mi’kmaw students separated at high school after son was assaulted

October 6, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The mother of a Mi’kmaw teen who was assaulted at a high school in Milford, N.S. is upset that school officials separated Mi’kmaw students from the rest of the student body following the incident on […]

Mi’kmaw poet says committee to examine Cornwallis commemoration “good first step”

October 6, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The Mi’kmaw poet who sparked Halifax Regional Council to rethink how the city commemorates its controversial founder is pleased a committee has been struck to examine the issue in the coming months. “I like it. […]

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