AFN National Chief in Listuguj

Listuguj received a special guest during the Powwow weekend.  Perry Bellegarde, the Assembly of First Nations National Chief, came to the community for the first time and delivered a vibrant speech at the Powwow. “I got a really nice invitation…

Watching over the community

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"How are you tonight?” Constable Jacob Renouf asks at a roadblock set up by the Listuguj Police Department (LPD) in front of the Education Complex. It’s near 10:00 PM on Aug. 5 — the start of the Powwow weekend.  Six officers are working,…

Many aspects to wellness

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The 23rd annual Wellness Fair kicked off in the usual way, with a march from Subway to the Powwow grounds at 8 AM.  As always, the Wellness Fair was a family event, equipped with an inflatable playground, and breaks for games, like a fair-wide…

Listuguj hosted firefighter competition

Passing on traditions

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Tanner Sage Barnaby, the son of Tara Barnaby and Robby Ouellette, has been salmon fishing for the last six years and he’s only twelve. He leaves the quarry in the middle of a rainy afternoon and when he arrives to the fishing area he slows…

Listuguj at the National Youth Summit

The 2016 National First Nations Youth Summit on Wellness, held in Niagara Falls, Ontario, hosted  over 200 First Nation youth from communities all across Canada.  Marcy Jacques, Jill Martin and Tyler Morrison represented Listuguj  at the…

Community meetings are planned

Four weeks following the election, Chief Darcy Gray had been going nonstop. The morning he was elected, he packed his office at Sugarloaf Senior High School, and unpacked at the LMG that afternoon. “I’ve been on the go since,” Chief…

New medical technology to serve Listuguj

A diabetic retinotherapy screening test has been available within Listuguj since June 2014, but many people don’t know about it. With the help of a large, specialized camera, people can have an image of the inside of their eye taken and…

Farewell Kathy and Joe

Elder Kathy Paul and her husband Joe Sorbey left Listuguj to establish themselves in the Truro region.  As Mi’gmaq couple they have family and friends across Mi’gmaqi. Kathy spent more than 40 year of her life in Listuguj and was often…

Nta’tugwaqanminen — Our Story

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More than 60 people gathered under the new LMG tent at Moffat landing for the presentation of the book Nta’tugwaqanminen - Our Story. The book produced by the Mi’gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat is the fruit of many years of research, reflections…