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Former Sipekne’katik finance director gets 2 years in prison for fraud, theft
Jeffrey Cecil Hayes, right, with his lawyer, Luke Craggs, centre, arrive at Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax for his sentencing hearing/Photo by Stephen Brake The former Director of Finance for ...
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Poem: Sma’knis by William Basque
Former United States Marine Corps Sergeant Mike Stephens described Saturday’s Remembrance Day service in Millbrook First Nation, N.S. as humbling. “My ...
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First Mi’kmaw woman appointed as judge in Nova Scotia
Catherine Benton is the first Mi'kmaw women judge in Nova Scotia/Photo courtesy of the Executive Office of the Nova Scotia Judiciary Catherine Benton is the first Mi’kmaw woman judge in Nova Scotia.
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Trial of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw cultural educator charged with indecent act underway
A woman who has accused a well-known Mi’kmaw cultural educator from Nova Scotia of committing an indecent act in front of her testified in court that she feared for her safety when the alleged ...
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Remembering William Basque, the Mi’kmaw veteran behind the poem, Sma’knis
Rose Basque recalls when her late husband, William Basque, wrote the poem, Sma’knis, back in 1992. She said he had trouble going to sleep one night. “He said, ‘Oh my God. My mind is going really fast.
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National inquiry into murdered, missing Indigenous women and girls hold community meetings in NS this week
Terrellyn Fearn is the Director of Health with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls/Photo by Stephen Brake Debra Ginnish, who’s niece was killed in 2004, has a ...
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Mi’kmaq Elder Doug Knockwood receives Order of Nova Scotia
Freeman Douglas Knockwood, 86, received the 2016 Order of Nova Scotia on Oct. 12/Photo by Stephen Brake A respected Mi’kmaw elder who overcame adversity in his life so he could help and empower others ...
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Indigenous youth conference focuses on mental health issues
Jasmine Labillois is one of two co-chairs of Mi'kmaq Maliseet Atlantic Youth Council/Photo by Stephen Brake Indigenous youth need to take their health seriously if they want to do well in their ...
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A Mi’kmaw fisherman is fighting the same fishery charges his father faced 20 years ago
Leon Robinson and his son, Leon Knockwood/Photo by Stephen Brake A young Mi’kmaw man from Nova Scotia is vowing to fight fishery charges against him like his father did 20 years ago. Leon Knockwood, ...
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NS Senator says Maritime journalism schools passively implementing TRC call-to-action
University of King's College in Halifax, N.S. offers undergrad and grad degrees in journalism/Photo by Samantha Calio A Nova Scotia senator and Mi’kmaw activist says post-secondary journalism schools ...
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AFN votes to create new vice-chief position for PEI First Nations
Lennox Island First Nation Chief Darlene Bernard, left, and Abegweit First Nation Chief Roderick Gould/Photos by Stephen Brake and AFN The Assembly of First Nations has voted to create a new ...