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Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw fishermen sue DFO for racial profiling, infringing on treaty rights
Alex McDonald, left, and Mark Howe are two of four Mi'kmaw fisherman suing DFO for racial profiling, infringing on their treaty rights/Photo by Stephen Brake Four Mi’kmaw fishermen from Nova Scotia ...
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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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Former chief denies he approved transfer of band funds to accounts controlled by former finance director
Sipekne'katik Councillor Jerry F. Sack testified in the Jeff Hayes fraud trial June 2, 2016/Photo by Stephen Brake The former chief of the Sipekne’katik Band said in court Thursday that he never ...
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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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NB Indian Summer Games underway in Eel Ground First Nation
Host team Eel Ground First Nation marches into Miriamich Civic Centre during opening ceremony for the 2016 New Brunswick Indian Summer Games/Photo by Stephen Brake More than 1,400 Mi’kmaq and Maliseet ...
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Membertou first band in Atlantic to use online voting in upcoming referendum
Chris LaPorte, electoral officer for Membertou, demonstrates how band members can vote in the upcoming referendum on the Family Homes Law/Photo by Stephen Brake The Membertou Band in Nova Scotia is ...
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Family of Virginia Pictou to hold special “Letting Go” ceremony in Maine
Agnes Gould travelled to Caribou, Maine, this week to help organize a ceremony being held for her sister, Virginia Pictou/Photo by Stephen Brake Family and friends of Virginia Sue Pictou are gathering ...
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“Do not accept any food fishery tags,” Sipekne’katik fisherman advises following court case
[ November 5, 2024 ] “Like night and day”: First Nations in New Brunswick hopeful for negotiations with Liberal government NB [ October 20, 2024 ] New Brunswick elections: First Nations ask parties to ...
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More than 200 people gathered and marched in Halifax on November 5 to show their support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s ongoing fight against a company’s plans to construct an oil pipeline in ...
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Women’s group complete research into effects of Boat Harbour pollution
Scientists and researchers have completed six years of study in Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia to determine if the polluted effluent being pumped into nearby Boat Harbour is making ...
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Nova Scotia judge grants temporary injunction against Mi’kmaw water protector, supporters
The entrance to the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project site in Fort Ellis, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has granted the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project company a ...