Monthly Archives: September 2025

Keeping History Alive: the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School in Nova Scotia 30Sep2025

From The Narwhal, this a.m.: One hundred and forty federally run residential schools operated across Canada for more than a century; so did dozens of other institutions run by other authorities, all designed to forcibly assimilate generations of Indigenous children. … Continue reading

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“Mi’kmaq Establish Cultural Revitalization Camp at Hunters Mountain to Protect Sacred Land and Medicines” 16Sep2025

Received by NSFN, From: unamakimedicinecamp Mon, Sep 15, 2025 Subject: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mi’kmaq Establish Cultural Revitalization Camp at Hunters Mountain in Unama’ki Unama’ki – More than 100 Mi’kmaw rights holders have established a cultural revitalization camp at the foot … Continue reading

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Keith Egger to Premier Houston on “Meeting your 20% by 2030 obligations” 2Sep2025

The post is adapted from the text of a letter written by Keith Egger addressed to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, Minister of Natural Resources Tory Rushton, and to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Tim Halman; it was sent … Continue reading

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