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New Brunswickers gearing up for Acadian Day celebrationsThis year's Acadian Day festivities include festivals in Caraquet, Dieppe, Moncton and other communities across New Brunswick featuring music, Tintamarre and traditional food.CanadaAug 13
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Province, feds putting $43M toward N.B. cultural attractionsThe provincial and federal governments are spending $35 million to enhance Le Pays de la Sagouine, and $8 million for the planning phase of the New Brunswick Museum project.CanadaJul 23
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Nova Scotia says new francophone school coming to Halifax peninsulaThe pre-primary to Grade 8 school will be located on the corner of Oxford Street and Bayers Road in Halifax, at the site of the former RCMP headquarters.CanadaApr 9, 2021
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Film highlights shared history of Acadian diaspora before British deportations"Belle-Ile in Acadie" opens with an image of a map of Eastern Canada overlaid with text describing the expulsion of Acadians in 1755 from Acadia.CanadaMar 6, 2021
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Jackie Vautour, advocate against Kouchibouguac land expropriation, has diedFor decades, Jackie Vautour had been in legal battles with the government, claiming Kouchibouguac is on traditional Indigenous land.CanadaFeb 8, 2021
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New Brunswickers celebrate Acadian Day amid pandemicARCf hosted an outdoor event in Saint John to mark the occasion this year, where folks could enjoy live Acadian music from chalk-drawn social distancing bubbles, from their cars or from home via livestream.LifestyleAug 15, 2020
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Lt.-Gov. Brenda Murphy responds to legal action pursued by Société de l’Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick"Linguistic duality, and more importantly institutional duality, are of the utmost importance."CanadaDec 23, 2019
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Province to restore four protected ridings for Acadians, African Nova ScotiansJustice Minister Mark Furey says the move would reinstate the largely Acadian ridings of Argyle, Clare and Richmond, as well as the predominantly African Nova Scotian riding of Preston.PoliticsOct 9, 2019
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New Heritage Minute focuses on dark history of the Acadian ExpulsionThe release of the video on Thursday will have special significance. August 15 marks National Acadian Day — a day to celebrate Acadian culture — in Canada.CanadaAug 15, 2019
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When the dike breaks: How climate change threatens Maritime lowlandsOver the centuries the dikes protecting the Maritime lowlands have been extended, expanded and, in the 1950s and 60s, built higher and stronger through a massive federal rehabilitation program.EnvironmentMar 29, 2019
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