Latest News for: mi’kmaw

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For this Mi'kmaw creator, art is a way to amplify activism and promote Indigenous sovereignty

CBC 05 Apr 2025
Mel Beaulieu is a queer Mi’kmaw artist whose work centres on Indigenous resistance, gender identity, and tradition. They say a dark political climate is informing their art ... .
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New Cannabis Regulations Support Legal Sales in Mi’kmaw Communities (Nova Scotia Department of Finance and Treasury Board)

Public Technologies 04 Apr 2025
Mi'kmaw communities will be able to open legal cannabis retail stores on reserve by agreement with the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC), with new regulations introduced by the government ... Authorized Mi'kmaw sellers must.
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Watchdog finds no grounds for charging Mountie in fatal shooting of Elsipogtog man

CBC 03 Apr 2025
A police watchdog says RCMP did not act criminally when they shot Steven (Iggy) Dedam, a 34-year-old Mi'kmaw father and fisherman, in Elsipogtog First Nation last September ... .
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Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw chiefs oppose new fracking law, considering legal action

North Shore News 28 Mar 2025
HALIFAX — Mi’kmaw chiefs in Nova Scotia say they are considering legal action against newly passed provincial legislation that opens the door to hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.
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Mi'kmaw chiefs reject fracking in Nova Scotia

CBC 28 Mar 2025
Days after Premier Tim Houston’s government passed legislation that lifts the provincial moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for onshore natural gas, Mi’kmaw leadership in Nova Scotia are making their position clear and threatening legal action ... .
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This traditional mask carving workshop is changing lives

CBC 28 Mar 2025
... artists the skill of Mi’kmaw traditional hand-carved mask making.
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Elsipogtog workshop passes down rare mask carving teachings to the next generation of artists

CBC 28 Mar 2025
A group of eight students from the Mi'kmaw community of Elsipogtog in New Brunswick are learning skills and teachings from a traditional wooden mask carver ... .
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