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Mi’kmaq artist Leonard Paul has been drawing since he was three years old. His earliest childhood memory is of his mother coming home with a colouring book for him. “I can remember being on the […] ...
Sipekne'katik Councillor Jerry F. Sack testified in the Jeff Hayes fraud trial June 2, 2016/Photo by Stephen Brake The former chief of the Sipekne’katik Band said in court Thursday that he never ...
A panel of mostly Indigenous writers and artists challenged journalists and writers to be more respectful to grieving families of their missing and murdered. “The lives that victims lead, there is a ...
The former chief of the Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia is facing assault charges in two separate cases. Michael Patrick Sack, 42, is charged with aggravated assault for allegedly wounding ...
Halifax Regional Council voted Tuesday to create an expert panel to examine and make recommendations on the issue of commemorating Edward Cornwallis on municipal properties that bear his name. The ...
Potlotek First Nation in Nova Scotia is hoping to become the latest Indigenous community in Atlantic Canada to own and operate its own radio station. According to the Canadian Radio and ...
Assembly of First Nations Vice-Chief Morley Googoo said he got the idea to hold a celebration gathering for both Mi’kmaw and Acadian people during a walk through Grand Pré National Historic Site at ...
A video production company, in collaboration with the Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre in Halifax, is organizing an Aboriginal youth songwriters camp for the last weekend in September. The company, ...
Halifax Regional Council is expected to discuss today a motion regarding the name, “Cornwallis,” on municipal assets like parks and streets. The motion was made by Councillor Shawn Cleary who ...
Luke Craggs, left, and Jeffrey Hayes leave the courtroom during a break from closing arguments in fraud trial Monday/Photo by Stephen Brake The trial of the former finance director for the ...
TRC Chair Justice Murray Sinclair (right) and Commissioner Chief Wilton Littlechild visit the former site of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School Oct. 12, 2011/Photo by Maureen Googoo I didn’t ...
A film written and directed by a Nova Scotia Aboriginal filmmaker will debut at the 35th Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax on Wednesday evening. The film, called North Mountain, is the first feature ...