Mi'kmaw

• Chief asks for help finding missing jacket adorned with Order of Canada, family history

  The jacket was adorned with the Order of Canada, the King Charles III Coronation Medal and the Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Medal.

  Canada

  Nov 17
  
• ‘Economic reconciliation’: Mi’kmaw communities invest in Nova Scotia battery plants

  A corporation co-owned by 13 Mi'kmaw communities is investing in new battery plants with Nova Scotia Power in what both parties are calling a step toward reconciliation. 

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2024
  
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• Indigenous man holds haircutting ceremony in honour of MMIWG

  On the Sisters In Spirit National Day of Action dedicated to MMIWG, a Anishinaabe Ojibway man held a haircutting ceremony to honour the memory of lost loved ones.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2023
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• Residential school survivors in N.S. share stories in new video for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  Residential school survivors in Nova Scotia are sharing their stories in a new video to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th.

  Canada

  Sep 30, 2023
• Invasive insect, deadly to hemlock trees, reported in Halifax region

  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has detected an invasive insect, Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, in the Halifax area for the first time -- which is deadly to hemlock trees.

  Environment

  Aug 22, 2023
• 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
• Mi’kmaw regalia repatriated from Australia after more than 150 years

  The Mi'kmaw people of Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia celebrated Indigenous People's Day with the long-awaited unveiling of repatriated regalia from the early 1800s.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2023
• Halifax marks Red Dress Day with ceremony honouring MMIWG2S, calls for change

  The National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was marked in Halifax with a ceremony to honour lost loved ones and push for change.

  Canada

  May 5, 2023
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• Mi’kmaw hockey fan says he faced racism at Scotiabank Centre. He’s calling out how it was handled

  What was once a 'happy place' for Sebastian Foote turned sour after he says he was subjected to anti-Indigenous racism during a hockey game at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax.

  Canada

  Apr 3, 2023
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• What’s open and closed for Heritage Day in Nova Scotia

  This year’s Nova Scotia Heritage Day honouree is Mi'kmaw poet and writer Rita Joe, who was known as a 'gentle warrior.'

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2023