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DFO negotiator meeting with Maritime First Nations to define “moderate livelihood”

July 9, 2018 Maureen Googoo

A federal negotiator for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has been meeting with First Nation leaders in the Maritimes and the Gaspé region of Quebec for the past seven months to determine what a […]

Ku’ku’kwes News Top 10 Popular News Stories of 2017

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 […]

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 […]

Wabanaki Confederacy 2017 gathering held at Kejimkujik National Park

August 24, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Hugh Akagi thought about the future of the Wabanaki Confederacy while the partial eclipse was happening Monday afternoon. The chief of the Passamaquoddy people in Canada had travelled from his home in St. Andrews, N.B. […]

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 […]

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