WAGMATCOOK, N.S. — Wagmatcook First Nation’s community gardens are in full bloom thanks to the dedication of Judy Googoo and her team. The initiative started three years… Read more “Wagmatcook green thumb hopes community garden leads to healthier diets”
Category: Features
A story of resilience: Decision to take son off of life support still haunts Membertou First Nation father
MEMBERTOU, N.S. — Daniel Joseph Paul is still haunted by the decision to take his seven-year-old son off life support in 1997. “I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t rest,… Read more “A story of resilience: Decision to take son off of life support still haunts Membertou First Nation father”
Tuma Young: The two-spirit search for belonging
SYDNEY RIVER — Tuma Young, a two-spirit male lawyer, has spent his entire life fighting for space. Young has no preferred pronoun but the closest thing is… Read more “Tuma Young: The two-spirit search for belonging”
Families travel to Chapel Island despite Mi’kmaq Grand Council previous warning
CHAPEL ISLAND – The Mi’kmaq Grand Council cancelled the St. Anne’s Mission in April and encouraged its members to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously. So, many Mi’kmaq… Read more “Families travel to Chapel Island despite Mi’kmaq Grand Council previous warning”
Membertou man’s bottle collection business gives back
MEMBERTOU, N.S. — A new business in Membertou is hoping it can make enough capital to turn a profit while helping those in need. U Got Bottles started… Read more “Membertou man’s bottle collection business gives back”
Eskasoni’s Barry Paul Bernard: A boxing family
Barry Paul Bernard was fighting with his brothers when his parents grew sick of it. So his father, Noel J. Bernard, bought him and his brother red… Read more “Eskasoni’s Barry Paul Bernard: A boxing family”
Homeless Fredericton musician looking for a place to play his songs
Mike Kennedy sits on a green crate and pillow, an empty Styrofoam cup in hand, begging for change. The 60-year-old’s hands are gnarled from years living on… Read more “Homeless Fredericton musician looking for a place to play his songs”
A History of Violence
Night sinks in deep. It’s August 2009; I’m 18 years old, six-foot-nothing, and brown: half-Black, half-Mi’kmaq. I’m eight beers deep, which is nothing for Kent County, New… Read more “A History of Violence”
