Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre

• Funding for new Mi’kmaw Friendship Centre in Halifax close to $50 million

  The new money announced today brings the total contribution to the centre from both levels of government to about $50 million.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2023
  
• Indigenous Veterans Day service held at Halifax Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre

  A ceremony commemorating Indigenous Veterans Day took place at  Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax on Tuesday.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2022
  
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• Halifax Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre gets $28.8 million from Ottawa for new build

  The Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre supports more than 7,000 Indigenous people in Halifax and has moved three times since its 1972 opening.

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2022
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• Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre opening Wije’winen Health Centre

  The clinic, which is located in the Friendship Centre, will begin accepting reservations on Friday with the first patient appointments scheduled for next Thursday.

  Health

  Jul 7, 2022
• Halifax Kana’ta Day celebrations rooted in inclusivity, awareness

  Hundreds of people flocked to downtown Halifax to take in Canada Day celebrations that included a focus on connecting people to Mi'kmaw language and culture.

  Canada

  Jul 1, 2022
• Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre gets federal cash influx for new facility

  Andy Fillmore, MP for Halifax, says the announcement of funds for Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre's new site will inspire the city to ‘have confidence this is a real project.’

  Canada

  May 20, 2022
• Mainline Needle Exchange opens doors to more accessible space in Halifax

  A front-line community organization that's offered life-saving harm reduction services for nearly 30 years has just opened its doors at a new location.

  Health

  Mar 22, 2022
• Advocates rally to save Halifax homeless shelter set to close at month’s end

  Advocates rallied Friday to save the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre's homeless shelter, which is set to close at the end of December.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2021
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• Halifax Indigenous homeless shelter not properly serving community, to close Dec. 31

  The head of the shelter's parent organization says it isn't properly serving the community, while some employees say the imminent closure is in reaction to a unionization drive.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2021
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• Viewing platform opens at Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia with eye to improving safety

  The designers say it will be used to deter thrill-seekers from getting too close to the ocean when big waves start crashing into the cove's bald rocks.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2021