LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER SPOTLIGHT – DWAYNE WARD

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Dwayne Ward is originally from Metepenagiag (Red Bank) and has been living in Listuguj for the past 18 years. He has held many job titles throughout his life: MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter, motivational speaker, addictions counselor, clothing…

Inside the Creative Mind of Ivy Grenier Wysote

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Ivy Grenier Wysote is originally from right here in Listuguj, but now resides in Fredericton, New Brunswick, where she is attending the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. She received a certificate in Foundation Visual Arts and then…

Listuguj Students Perform Ta’n Wetapegsulti’gw – Where we come from

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The Listuguj-CBU Community Studies students have completed their L'nu Culture in Media course. As a final project, students prepared and performed a theatre play entitled "Ta'n Wetapegsulti'gw," written by Peter Vicaire. Students from the Alaqsite'w…

Vicky Metallic – Metallic Publishing

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It was in 2021 when Vicky Metallic first had the idea to create Metallic Publishing – a Mi’gmaw owned business with an aim to publish and distribute Mi’gmaw language books and other related language educational material for schools and…

Oakley Rain Wysote Gray – Highlighting Ancestors’ Stories through Fashion

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Oakley Rain Wysote Gray is originally from right here in Listuguj. Wysote Gray identifies as two-spirited, and their pronouns are They/Them. They discovered they were passionate about fashion at a young age. “I have a vivid memory from when…

LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER SPOTLIGHT – MARCY ISAAC

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When Marcy Isaac completed massage school, she always knew that she wanted to return home to Listuguj and open her own massage clinic, and that’s just what she did. After finishing school, Isaac moved back home and worked at the Listuguj…

JUSTIN CALDWELL – 20 YEARS AT CHRQ

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If you’ve ever turned on your radio to CHRQ 106.9 FM or checked them out on Facebook, then you’re more than likely familiar with Justin Caldwell. Caldwell has been working with CHRQ for the past 20 years in the community of Listuguj. Originally…

“YOU CAN NEVER FINISH A DICTIONARY.”

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In 1993, Diane Mitchell got the idea for the Mi’gmaq-Mi’kmaq Online Talking Dictionary when her daughter was only two years old. They were living in Southern Ontario at the time, and Mitchell realized that her daughter would not have access…

“If we don’t exercise our rights, then they won’t be there for us.”

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When JD Wysote isn’t fishing snow crab for the Listuguj Mi’gmaq Government, he can often be found hunting, trapping, and tanning animal hides. He started tanning hides around three years ago when he realized that he wanted to utilize…

Decolonizing Our Education

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Jacob Gale is the Treaty Education Lead at the Listuguj Education Training and Employment Centre (LETE). Here he works and collaborates with a team featuring, Jeanette Henry, Paige Isaac, and Patrick Wilmot. Often when people think of…