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A 60s Scoop survivor reflects on taking risks, telling stories and finding allies – CBC
Nov 29, 2024 David Smith, a member of Metepenagiag First Nation, is working on a novel Late in the evening of Jan. 30, 2022, I clicked the resign button on my job of eight years. I had spent 23 years in tech support talking to people who did not want to talk to me. The […]
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New study highlights Indigenous nations’ opposition to nuclear projects – NB Media Co-op
November 29, 2024 The global nuclear industry has been in decline for almost three decades. Almost every year, more reactors shut down than start up. This year, nuclear energy’s share of global commercial gross electricity generation is less than half it was in 1996. One reason for the industry’s decline is the high cost of nuclear energy […]
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One small solar panel started big East Coast dreams for energy self-sufficiency – National Observer
November 27th 2024 A clean energy revolution in a Prince Edward Island First Nation was started by one small solar panel system atop the community’s school. It was the nation’s only claim to renewable energy in 2021. But then, Drew Bernard, the ambitious young energy leader from Lennox Island First Nation, graduated from community college with […]
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Two Memorial University students receive inaugural Heart & Stroke Personnel Award for Indigenous scholars – Saltwire
November 27, 2024 Olivia Perry and McCrae Best will receive funding for their studies into strokes Two master’s students at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador are among the 15 Indigenous researchers across Canada to receive the Heart & Stroke Indigenous Personnel Award. Olivia Perry and McCrae Best received the inaugural award, which was given […]
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Who profits on hunger?’ Inuit send pleading emails to minister about food costs – CBC
Nov 27, 2024 Emails reveal people are concerned they aren’t getting the benefit of subsidies meant to keep food affordable People in Nunavut and northern Labrador have been writing to Canadian government officials this year to say grocers were charging exorbitant prices despite receiving a federal subsidy. The emails about the Nutrition North subsidy program […]
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Applications for boards, commissions, committees now open – The Laker
November 25, 2024 HALIFAX: The Halifax Regional Municipality is seeking applications for volunteers to serve on a variety of municipal boards, committees and commissions. Applications are available at halifax.ca/serve and will be accepted until Monday, Dec. 16 at 11:59 p.m.. Municipal boards, committees, and commissions consist of councillors, residents and industry representatives. These groups provide […]
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Canadian tidal power is swimming hard against the current – National Observer
November 25th 2024 The Bay of Fundy’s legendary high tides could be perfect for power production, with the moon’s gravity pulling 100 billion tonnes of water in and out twice each day. Even with all that power — and in some ways because of it — the tidal energy industry has struggled to seize the […]
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Aaron Pete: Pretendians in the cabinet? Stop blaming the people playing the Indigenous identity game—start blaming the broken system that creates the incentives – the hub
Nov 22, 2024 The phenomenon of individuals with fabricated Indigenous ancestry—colloquially referred to as “pretendians” or “wannabindians”—benefiting from claims to Indigenous identity was is in the news again this week, with Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Minister Randy Boissonnault stepping down from the Trudeau government’s cabinet for falsely claiming he was Indigenous. It is […]
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Tim Houston has a problem with Nova Scotians working from home – Halifax Examiner
November 21, 2024 Also: Canada got played for suckers; three parties and housing; Danny MacGillivray; staff report on property tax relief for non-profits; police board’s new schedule; new street names in Cogswell district; standing up to indifference On the first day of our November subscription drive, Tim Bousquet published the Halifax Examiner’s tax return here. […]
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Overfishing herring, other stocks in Gulf, Bay of Fundy, has critical impact on ocean health – CBC
Nov 21, 2024 DFO says it’s committed to ‘precautionary and sustainable approach to fish harvesting’ Roughly a third of wild fish stocks in Canada are considered healthy, while the rest are in depleted states, according to a new report. The findings come from an annual fishery audit put together by Oceana Canada, a charity devoted to ocean conservation. The report also […]
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