Category Archives: Reconciliation

WestFor constructs road ignoring buffers for Black Ash in citizen-proposed Protected Area (Nova Scotia) 3Oct2026

Posted on October 3, 2026 by Admin

Wrote Nina Newington yesterday (Oct 2, 2026): & AN UPDATE Oct 5, 2026: Nobody came at 7:30am this morning to operate the backhoe. No more roadbuilding, for today at least…See Update At 7:30 this morning a truck pulled up on … Continue reading →

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Sep 30, our National Day for Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day 27Sep2026

Posted on September 27, 2026 by Admin

“September 30th marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day – Every Child Matters “The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was established in response to Call to Action 80 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which … Continue reading →

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Language Matters 12Aug2026

Posted on August 12, 2026 by Admin

Wrote  Nina Newington yesterday, Day 245 of Camp Now:  The climate and nature catastrophe that is bearing down on us is the direct result of an economic system rooted in a particular idea, the idea that we humans are separate … Continue reading →

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On our Wabanaki Forest & Canada’s National Indigenous Peoples Day 21jun2026

Posted on June 21, 2026 by Admin

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

Posted on February 2, 2026 by Admin

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 →

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Shoulder to Shoulder – NN 16Nov2025

Posted on November 16, 2025 by Admin

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

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Admin

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

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Admin

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

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Admin

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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