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Aknutmaqn February 3, 2023 – Membertou FN
February 3, 2023 Two years ago, Membertou led the single largest investment an Indigenous group in Canada has ever made into the Canadian fishery – its 50% acquisition of Clearwater Seafoods. Clearwater Seafoods is one of North America’s largest Integrated scafood companies and its reach s global.In the first year, Membertou worked alongside Clearwater to […]
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Sitansisk Kolusuwakon February 3-16, 2023 – SMFN
February 2nd, 2023 This truck was externally funded through grant programs and will provide enhanced sanitation services from community members. Additionally, Public Works is looking for community members who are interested in recycling. Please call +1 (506) 470-5629 to request recycling bins. As a reminder, recycling is picked up in accordance with Fredericton’s recycling calendar […]
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Countdown is on to North American Indigenous Games in Nova Scotia – CBC
Feb 01, 2023 Halifax, Dartmouth, Millbrook First Nation to host more than 5,000 athletes in July The countdown is on to the North American Indigenous Games being hosted in Nova Scotia after nearly three years of delays. From July 15-23, Halifax, Dartmouth and Millbrook First Nation will welcome 5,250 athletes from nearly 760 Indigenous communities, as they […]
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Mi’kmaw Nova Scotia MP says updated electoral map kicks him out of own riding – CBC
Feb 01, 2023 Critics say redrawing of boundaries discounted people of colour and the province’s history A Mi’kmaw member of Parliament said Tuesday that proposed changes to the boundaries of federal ridings in Nova Scotia would remove two Indigenous communities from the area he represents, including his home of Eskasoni First Nation. The proposed change […]
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Countdown is on to North American Indigenous Games in Nova Scotia – CBC
Feb 01, 2023 Halifax, Dartmouth, Millbrook First Nation to host more than 5,000 athletes in July The countdown is on to the North American Indigenous Games being hosted in Nova Scotia after nearly three years of delays. From July 15-23, Halifax, Dartmouth and Millbrook First Nation will welcome 5,250 athletes from nearly 760 Indigenous communities, as they […]
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Nova Scotia adjudicator writes small claims court decision in Mi’kmaw – CBC
Jan 30, 2023 Tuma Young calls it ‘a big step forward for the Canadian legal system’ When small claims court adjudicator Tuma Young wrote a decision over a dog custody issue recently, he wrote it in Mi’kmaw. He said neither the courts nor the province of Nova Scotia prompted his action but rather he said […]
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Indigenous identity at core of Qalipu trial in St. John’s – SaltWire
Final arguments are to be heard next week ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Testimony has wrapped up, but observers across the country are interested to see what comes of a court case in St. John’s involving a group of Mi’kmaw residents whose memberships in the Qalipu First Nation were revoked when a new point system was […]
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Skyway, N.B. First Nation train next gen scaffolders – ConstructConnect Canada
January 24, 2023 Skyway Canada has announced it has formed a partnership with the Tobique First Nation of western New Brunswick to train its members in scaffolding, swing stage erection and shoring. Skyway, which also offers engineering, erection, rope access, fireproofing and dismantling services, will work with Carpenters’ Union Local 1386 and the Tobique partnership […]
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Eskasoni mourning ‘inseparable’ father, son killed in crash – CBC
Jan 24, 2023 Simon and Noel Jeddore died in a crash on Highway 4 Friday A father and son from Eskasoni First Nation are being remembered for giving back to their communities in their own ways. Simon Jeddore, 80, and Noel Jeddore, 38, were killed on Friday after their SUV collided with a transport truck along a […]
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Marbase, First Nation probe partnership on lumpfish hatchery – Undercurrent News
Jan. 23, 2023 With a preliminary agreement signed and discussions still to go, project could have fish in the water by early next year A former Canadian shipyard could become the home to a new lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) hatchery in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador through a partnership between the Miawpukek First Nations and […]
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