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Acadian groups looking to raise $2.5 million to save Nova Scotia churchNation Prospère Acadie and the Société Héritage Saint-Bernard say they have launched a campaign to raise $2.5 million for Saint Bernard Church by May 23.CanadaApr 20
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Huge, deconsecrated Roman Catholic church in N.S. Acadian community now up for saleSt. Bernard Church officially closed last summer as the number of people attending mass in the 1,300-square-metre building had fallen to about 30 to 40 people.CanadaMar 25
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Université de Moncton to study call for new name shedding ties with British officerUniversité de Moncton will study a request to change its name after calls to shed its connection with a British military officer involved in the deportation of Acadians.CanadaMar 10
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Movement rekindled to rename N.B. university connected to ‘torturer’ of AcadiansThe university was founded in 1966 and took the name of the City of Moncton, the location of one of its three campuses and the second-largest city in the province.CanadaMar 8
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Quebec speaks out about New Brunswick’s ‘very worrying’ French immersion reformsNew Brunswick's current immersion program offers up to 90 per cent of class time in French, while the new program will devote half the day to learning in French.EducationJan 27
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Outraged Acadian group urges leadership review of N.B. premierA letter calls on the party to conduct a review of Higgs's leadership, suggesting the premier has become wildly unpopular in Canada's only officially bilingual province.CanadaDec 21, 2022
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‘Insult’ to francophones: N.B. groups demand Austin resign from language committeeEighteen francophone groups in New Brunswick are calling for Kris Austin to resign from a legislature committee that is reviewing the province's Official Languages Act.CanadaNov 15, 2022
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‘United we stand, divided we fall’: Indigenous and Acadian groups march on N.B. legislatureMore than 300 people march on the legislature to send a message to the Higgs government as his government delivered it's first throne speech in two years.PoliticsOct 25, 2022
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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, 2022
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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, 2022
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