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City Natives win 2016 ECMA for Aboriginal Recording of the Year
City Native's (from left) Gearl Francis, Brandon Arnold, Shelby Sappier and Blake Francis show off their third ECMA award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year/Photo by Stephen Brake City Natives have ...
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Canada needs tougher laws for sex offenders, mother of slain teen tells MMIWG inquiry
Pam Fillier talks about her daughter, Hilary Bonnell, at the MMIWG Inquiry in Moncton, N.B. The family of a New Brunswick Mi’kmaw teen who was raped and murdered by her cousin in 2009 wants tougher ...
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Former NSNWA President files human rights complaint against NS Aboriginal Affairs Minister
Former NSNWA president Cheryl Maloney, right, has filed a human rights complaint against Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil/Photos by Stephen Brake The former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women ...
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Former NSNWA president files human rights complaint against AFN Vice-Chair, Tripartite Forum
Cheryl Maloney, former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women's Association, filed human rights complaints against AFN Vice-Chief, Morley Googoo and the Mi'kmaq-Nova Scotia-Canada Tripartite Forum ...
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RCMP, fire officials investigating ‘suspicious’ fire that destroyed lobster pound
Sipekne'katik Band Councillor Alex McDonald says his lobster pound in Saint Bernard, N.S. was destroyed in a fire on Christmas Day/Photo by Stephen Brake A fire that destroyed a lobster pound in Saint ...
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Raven Peyote
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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Rally held to protect sacred Kluscap Mountain from mining
Eskasoni resident Suzanne Patles, centre, leads a group in song during a rally on Dec. 16 to protect Kluscap Mountain in Cape Breton, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake Mi’kmaw activist Elizabeth Marshall ...
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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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Family seeking justice in Mi’kmaw woman’s death testify in Day 2 of MMIWG hearings in Membertou
Darlene Gilbert, right, testified as a survivor during Day 2 of MMIWG inquiry hearings in Membertou, N.S. on Tuesday/Photo by Stephen Brake More stories of pain, survival and seeking justice were ...
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Missing teen found safe after search in wooded area in Cape Breton
RCMP located missing teen Mary (Molly) Martin after searching in a wooded area along Canoe Lake Road near Gabarus, N.S./Photo of helicopter by Stephen Brake A 14-year-old girl from We’koqma’q First ...
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Sipekne’katik chief testifies he sat on committee that hired Hayes as finance director
Sipekne'katik Chief Rufus Copage testified June 8, 2016 in fraud trial of Jeffrey Cecil Hayes/Photo by Stephen Brake The current chief of the Sipekne’katik Band confirmed he was part of the interview ...
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Mi’kmaq Maliseet Atlantic Youth Council
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 ...