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It’s Treaty Day in Nova Scotia.
The annual event recognizes the treaties signed in 1752 by the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia and the Crown.
In 1985, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed the validity of these treaties.
The ruling validated Indigenous treaty rights and confirmed the unique relationship between the Mi’kmaq and the Crown.
(The Canadian Press)
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The New Brunswick Green Party says if elected it would roll out a plan to protect communities from the ravages of climate change.
Party leader David Coon says Conservative and Liberal governments have failed to prepare for climate change despite the alarming increase in severe storm activity.
Coon says his party would provide funding to adapt critical infrastructure and create a coastal protection agency that would focus on efforts to preserve the province’s coasts.
He says the party would also invest in cell phone and internet coverage across the province and create a youth climate corps, following a model that exists in British Columbia.
(The Canadian Press)
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Northern Affairs Canada says a final report from its ongoing evaluation of the Nutrition North subsidy program is expected next year.
The program is aimed at stabilizing food prices across remote Indigenous communities, but in Nain, data shows prices have increased by nearly 62 per cent between 2011 and 2021.
Northern Affairs Canada says in the meantime, it will continue to assess food prices and adjust the subsidy rates it offers retailers and suppliers to offset freight costs.
A spokesperson says the Nutrition North program was not established to solve food security on its own — federal, territorial, provincial and Indigenous governments must also commit to ending hunger in these regions.
(The Canadian Press)
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The P-E-I government is contributing two-million dollars to the redevelopment of the emergency department at the I-W-K Health Centre in Halifax.
The IWK Foundation says Atlantic Canada’s largest children’s hospital has the only emergency department in the Maritimes that specializes in the care of infants, children and youth.
It also provides the only 24-7 emergency child and adolescent psychiatry service in the Maritimes.
The department is close to exceeding 45-thousand annual visits from patients, and this number includes crisis visits for mental health and addictions.
(The Canadian Press)
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The L-G-B-T-Q-plus community in St. John’s is mourning the death of a celebrated local drag queen.
Johnathan Nichols performed under the stage name Reign Michaels, and he won last year’s Drag on George event in St. John’s.
His family announced this weekend that he had died suddenly, prompting an outpouring of grief on social media.
St. John’s Pride and queer advocacy non-profit Quadrangle N-L issued a statement today expressing their condolences and offering support services.
(The Canadian Press)
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A cable ferry in Nova Scotia’s Lunenburg County will be out of commission beginning today as work to upgrade it gets underway.
The retrofit for the LaHave cable ferry will take six to eight weeks to complete and will be towed to Meteghan for the work.
The province says there is no suitable replacement for the ferry while it is out of commission because of the relatively shallow waters.
Public Works Minister Kim Masland says the work is an unavoidable disruption.
(The Canadian Press)
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