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Recent Posts
- On our Wabanaki Forest & Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day 21jun2026
- Map of “Community-Proposed Protected Areas” in Nova Scotia released by EAC/HFC 10Jun2026
- When does “protected area” in Nova Scotia actually mean protected? 2Jun2024
- There is a law against harming nesting birds but in Nova Scotia it falls on us, the public, to stand up for them 24May2026
- If ever there was a time when we need eccentric bees, this is it 16May2026
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Category Archives: Reconciliation
On our Wabanaki Forest & Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day 21jun2026
On June 21, 2026, we in the northern hemisphere celebrate the summer solstice, as our ancestors have done since prehistoric times. Since June 21, 2017, the day is also known as Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day: In cooperation with Indigenous … Continue reading
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Whence the “new number based on the triad model” for the Sustainable Forest Harvest Level in Nova Scotia? 2Feb2026
The number that is still being cited as the Sustainable Harvest Level for Nova Scotia, 5.7 million cubic meters/annum, dates from NS Government sources in 2016. It surely does not represent what’s available today, what could be sustained well into … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Forest Biomass, Landscape Level planning, NS DNR, ProtectedAreas, Reconciliation, Sustainable Wood Harvests
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Shoulder to Shoulder – NN 16Nov2025
This is the text of Nina Newington’s comments to participants at the Shoulder to Shoulder, We are All Treaty People Rally yesterday: “Wela’lioq to Glenda Junta and Michelle Paul for extending the invitation to create this rally; to Elder – … Continue reading
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Rally Sat Nov 15, 2025 Halifax: Shoulder to Shoulder, We are All Treaty People
If you live, work, play, or pray in Nova Scotia, we want you there. We want to hear your voices! — Mi’kmaw land defenders Michelle Paul and Glenda Junta Bring your community banners, signs, flags and regalia. Bring your drums, … Continue reading
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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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