Waycobah First Nation

• Cassidy Bernard’s former partner pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2018 killing

  Austin Isadore was initially charged with second-degree murder in the death of Cassidy Bernard, but a guilty plea to the lesser charge of manslaughter was accepted by the Crown.

  Crime

  Jun 13, 2022
  
• 2 people charged with sexual assault, including former regional chief for Assembly of First Nations

  The RCMP has charged Cyrus John Bernard and Joseph Wayne Morley Googoo with sexual assault.

  Crime

  Jan 5, 2021
  
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• Hockey Nova Scotia launches survey to address racism, discrimination in sport

  Dean Smith, chair of Hockey Nova Scotia's diversity and inclusion task force, says the information collected in the survey will be used to develop programming and to inform the organization's investment decisions.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2020
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• Indigenous hockey player buoyed by support after sharing experience with racism

  Logan Prosper, who is from Waycobah First Nation, says he was taunted with racist comments from players with the Northside Vikings during a game in Cheticamp, N.S., last week.

  Sports

  Dec 14, 2019
• Nova Scotia hockey officials form task force to combat racism, discrimination

  Hockey Nova Scotia executive director Amy Walsh says the new team will include a human rights lawyer and representatives from the Indigenous, African Nova Scotian and LGBTQ communities.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2019
• Nova Scotia First Nation offers $100K reward for information on death of young mother

  Chief Googoo said there are too many unsolved cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and that he wants to ensure people in We'koqma'q feel safe.

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2018
• RCMP continue to investigate suspicious death on Waycobah First Nation

  The death was reported to police just before 11 a.m. on Oct. 24  at home on Highway 105. 

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2018
• Police investigating suspicious death of 22-year-old woman in Cape Breton

  Police say the investigation remains in its early stages and more information will be released as it becomes available.

  Crime

  Oct 24, 2018
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• Mi’kmaq Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy dies at age 76

  A man being described as the Dalai Lama of the Mi'kmaq nation has died in Cape Breton at the age of 76.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2017
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• Nova Scotia RCMP use helicopter, multiple units to investigate alleged abduction — that didn’t happen

  They're now wanting to assure the community that there is no reason to fear any suspects or vehicles that were previously reported.  

  Crime

  Sep 22, 2017