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 ...

Assembly of First Nations Vice-Chief Morley Googoo said he got the idea to hold a celebration gathering for both Mi’kmaw and Acadian people during a walk through Grand Pré National Historic Site at ...

Halifax Regional Council is expected to discuss today a motion regarding the name, “Cornwallis,” on municipal assets like parks and streets. The motion was made by Councillor Shawn Cleary who ...

Luke Craggs, left, and Jeffrey Hayes leave the courtroom during a break from closing arguments in fraud trial Monday/Photo by Stephen Brake The trial of the former finance director for the ...

A film written and directed by a Nova Scotia Aboriginal filmmaker will debut at the 35th Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax on Wednesday evening. The film, called North Mountain, is the first feature ...

Agnes Gould travelled to Caribou, Maine, this week to help organize a ceremony being held for her sister, Virginia Pictou/Photo by Stephen Brake Family and friends of Virginia Sue Pictou are gathering ...

The Assembly of First Nations has voted to create a new vice-chief position to solely represent the two Mi’kmaw First Nation communities in Prince Edward Island. The newly created position would sit ...

Robert Bernard recalls the first time his home community of Waycobah First Nation hosted the Nova Scotia Indian Summer Games in 1979 when he was 12-years-old. He remembers watching a group of runners ...

Ursula Johnson says incorporating traditional Mi’kmaq stories into the annual Storytelling Festival at Kejimkujik National Park was important to her. “In the first year that we created the ...

Jeff Hayes, left, arrives at Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax with his lawyer, Luke Craggs, for Day 2 of his jury trial on May 17/Photo by Stephen Brake The crown will present final arguments to ...

Scientists and researchers have completed six years of study in Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia to determine if the polluted effluent being pumped into nearby Boat Harbour is making ...

Several activist against the Alton Natural Gas Storage project pitch in to paint the treaty truck house located near the project site/Photo by Stephen Brake Protesters against a company’s plan to ...