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 ...

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Bernadette Marshall, President of the Nova Scotia Native Women's Association/Photo by Stephen Brake Bernadette Marshall says it has always been her dream to have a centre just for Mi’kmaw women in ...

Trudy Sable, left, and Bernie Francis announce the launch of "Ta’n Weji-sqalia’tiek: Mi’kmaw Place Names Digital Atlas" during Mi'kmaq Treaty Day Oct. 1/Photo by Stephen Brake A new interactive ...

Daniel Francis, centre, with supporters during a court appearance at Dartmouth Provincial Court in March 2023/Photo by Stephen Brake There were three fishery-related court cases in Nova Scotia ...

Ursula Johnson, Interpreter at Kejimkujik National Park, creates a puppet based on Mi'kmaq legend about Jipijka'm, the Great-Horned Serpent. Ursula Johnson says incorporating traditional Mi’kmaq ...

DFO has changed a company with selling lobster caught under an Aboriginal food fishery license/Photo by Stephen Brake The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has charged a business and its owner in ...

An Indigenous agency that provides child protection and family support services to First Nation communities in Nova Scotia is suing the province’s second largest Mi’kmaw First Nation after it was ...

Bob Gloade was elected to a third term as Chief of Millbrook First Nation during an election Feb. 26./Photo by Stephen Brake Bob Gloade sought and got his third term as chief of the Millbrook First ...

Patricia Doyle-Bedwell, a lawyer and associate professor living and working Halifax, says her band, Potlotek, is denying her right to vote in Aug. 5 band election because she didn't receive a mail-in ...

Mi'kmaq author Theresa Meuse has written her third book, L'nu'k: The People/Photo by Stephen Brake Mi’kmaq author Theresa Meuse has written a book aimed at teaching children about the Mi’kmaq of ...

The Membertou First Nation is the latest Mi’kmaw community to withdrawn from the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs and the Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office. In a news release issued on ...