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MMIW Series: Rowena Sharpe

December 15, 2016 Yu Zhang

Rowena Sharpe was a “true friend to the whole community,” her older sister Arlene Brooks remembers. Rowena was a member of St. Mary’s First Nation in New Brunswick. She was an “amazing” and optimistic daughter, […]

MMIW Series: Hilary Bonnell

December 15, 2016 Sixian Zuo

Pamela Marie Fillier says she would ask her daughter what she wanted to do when she grew up, and Hilary would say, “I don’t know, mom. I’m still a kid.” Hilary Bonnell was a “regular […]

Indigenous youth conference focuses on mental health issues

August 8, 2016 Maureen Googoo

Indigenous youth need to take their health seriously if they want to do well in their studies. That was the message of the Mi’kmaq Maliseet Atlantic Youth Council conference that was held August 5-7 in […]

Details announced for inquiry into missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls

August 3, 2016 Maureen Googoo

After more than a decade of lobbying by Indigenous women’s groups across Canada, the federal government announced Wednesday the details for a national inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. […]

NB Indian Summer Games underway in Eel Ground First Nation

July 28, 2016 Maureen Googoo

More than 1,400 Mi’kmaq and Maliseet athletes from across New Brunswick are in Eel Ground First Nation near Miramichi, N.B., this week to compete in the 2016 New Brunswick Indian Summer Games. Athletes aged 5 […]

Tobique mother uses social media to document daughter’s battle with cancer

July 26, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A New Brunswick mother is using social media to document and share her four-year-old daughter’s battle with brain cancer. Elizabeth Paul, 26, from the Maliseet community of Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, has been […]

Indigenous communities, businesses contribute $1.14-billion to Atlantic Canada economy

April 27, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A new study released Wednesday shows the Indigenous economy in Atlantic Canada contributes approximately the same amount of money as other major projects in the region such as the Irving Shipbuilding. According to the study […]

Rap/Hip-Hop musical acts dominate Aboriginal category at 2016 ECMAs

April 13, 2016 Maureen Googoo

Rap/Hip-Hop musical acts dominate the Aboriginal Artist of the Year category at the East Coast Music Awards this year. The nominees include rap group City Natives and rappers Tristan Grant and Kam Speech. They are […]

Daughter of Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash upset with Halifax MMIW pre-inquiry meeting

February 2, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The daughter of a Mi’kmaw activist who was murdered on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in 1975 is criticizing the way the pre-inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women was organized in Halifax. […]

Fort Folly First Nation Chief Rebecca Knockwood re-elected for second term

November 24, 2015 Maureen Googoo

Rebecca Knockwood has been re-elected as chief of Fort Folly First Nation in New Brunswick. Knockwood received 43 votes while her lone opponent, Hanford Nye, received 24 votes in the band election which was held […]

Chief Rebecca Knockwood running for re-election in Fort Folly First Nation election

November 11, 2015 Maureen Googoo

Fort Folly First Nation Chief Rebecca Knockwood is running for a second term so she can finish the work she started when she was first elected chief in 2013. “I want to try to better […]

Supreme Court of Canada rejects request to hear appeal of Simon social case

October 22, 2015 Maureen Googoo

The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal of a court case launched by chiefs in all three Maritime provinces over cuts to social assistance rates in their First Nation communities. The […]

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 […]

APC urges Atlantic Chiefs to encourage band members to vote during federal election

September 24, 2015 Maureen Googoo

The executive director of the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs is urging all chiefs and councillors in Atlantic Canada to encourage their band members to vote in the upcoming federal election to make […]

Nine First Nations in Atlantic Canada miss deadline to post audits, salaries online

September 3, 2015 Maureen Googoo

Nine First Nations in Atlantic Canada have missed the July 31 deadline to post online yearly financial audits and salaries for their chiefs and councils as required under the First Nations Financial Transparency Act. According […]