IndigeNews: Oct. 4 – 9, 2023

A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey

Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,

the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…

“Apɨtapekiejit”

Meaning: turkey

In the News

  1. Feds announce $740K to further study Winnipeg-area landfill search – APTN News
  2. MMIWG events cancelled on Parliament Hill on national day of action – APTN News
  3. Chief, mayor call for P.E.I. village councillor’s resignation over racist sign – Global News
  4. Mi’kmaq chiefs of Epekwitk congratulate Wab Kinew, Manitoba premier-elect – SaltWire
  5. Sisters in Spirit vigil honours missing and murdered Indigenous persons – Penticton Herlad
  6. Chief, mayor call for Murray Harbour councillor’s resignation over ‘triggering’ sign – CBC News
  7. CHEERS AND JEERS: Cheers to a weekend dedicated to reconciliation and celebration – SaltWire
  8. P.E.I. community leaders call Canada’s 1st First Nations premier ‘next step of reconciliation’ – CBC News
  9. Wolastoqey chiefs slam Higgs, ready to work with new government should election be called – CBC News
  10. P.E.I. councillor says he won’t resign over sign that called unmarked Indigenous graves a hoax – CBC News

Politics & Law

  1. Winnipeg MP tells feds it’s time to search the landfill – APTN News
  2. FSIN appoints ombudsperson to investigate racism in health care – CBC News
  3. Wab Kinew’s election ‘truly historic’ says head of reconciliation group – APTN News
  4. Panel discusses building Indigenous-municipal relationships – Mountain View Today
  5. Indigenous chiefs accuse Higgs government of damaging relations – Penticton Herald
  6. Maritime advocates react to historic day for diversity in Canadian politics – CTV News
  7. Incoming Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says focus turns to fixing health care – City News
  8. Child welfare lawsuit by Inuit that claims system is racist waiting for judge’s ruling – APTN News
  9. Quebec failing to implement recommendations from racism report says ombudsman – APTN News
  10. Supreme Court will hear Quebec’s appeal of decision it shorted Innu on police funding – Windspeaker
  11. Manitoba makes history with election of first First Nations premier of a Canadian province – Windspeaker

Business, Finance & Economics

  1. Federal government, QIA announce funding for 21 new Nunavut housing units – Nunavut News
  2. ‘A paradigm shift’: Liard First Nation tackles housing crisis with timber home kits, new production plant – CBC News

Education, Health & Cutlure

  1. Membertou youths get provincial recognition – SaltWire
  2. Monument for MMIWG unveiled in Yellowknife – APTN News
  3. Hundreds in awe after Pictou 2023 legacy art piece unveiled – The Advocate
  4. CBU unveils new learning space honouring truth and reconciliation – SaltWire
  5. Haida artist unveils exhibit to remember residential school survivors – APTN News
  6. Membertou filmmaker shines light on Mi’kmaw ghost stories in new TV show – CBC News
  7. Children’s book by Mi’kmaw author introduced to New Brunswick curriculum  –  Global News
  8. People accused of killing Indigenous women less likely to be charged with first-degree murder: study – APTN News
  9. On the front lines of the statue wars: why some want to topple statues but others want to keep them up – CBC News
  10. In their own words and in their own languages, Indigenous peoples are Telling Our Story in new docuseries – Windspeaker

Environment, Science & Technology

  1. Igloo-shaped greenhouses are popping up across the country – APTN News
  2. Green energy pause in Alberta delays growing Indigenous industry – Windspeaker
  3. Haeckle Hill is the North’s first entirely Indigenous-owned clean energy project – APTN News
  4. Indigenous Environmentalists Slam AER and Federal Inaction Over The Kearl Mine Leakage – Penticton Herald
  5. Skeetchestn wants limits on hunting mule deer after wildfire destroys habitat, reduces numbers – Windspeaker

Wela’lioq, Msit No’kmaq – Thank you, All My Relations

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‘How We Say Home’ Contest Rules

  1. The contest is open to all persons who reside in Prince Edward Island and are eighteen (18) years of age or older except for employees of L’nuey, their immediate families, cohabitants, agents or contractors.
  2. To enter the giveaway, submit your full name, phone number and email address on the form at lnuey.ca/howwesayhome, and answer the question as stated in the field provided.
  3. Contest begins on November 6, 2023 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on March 4, 2024 at 11:59:59 p.m. AST
  4. The prize consists of:
    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on March 12, 2024.
  6. L’nuey will contact the Prize winner through the email address provided on the contest entry form. If it is not possible within a 48 hour period to contact the Prize winner, L’nuey will disqualify that Entry and randomly select another Entry as the winner. Once the winner is successfully contacted, they will be required to answer a skill-testing question to be verified.
  7. Once verified, the Prize winner must make arrangements with L’nuey to pick up their prize.
  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
  11. All Contestants agree to be bound by the rules of the Contest and release L’nuey and all parties associated with the Contest from any liability with respect to this Contest or any prize.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

‘Definition of Home’ Contest Rules

  1. The contest is open to all persons who reside in Prince Edward Island and are eighteen (18) years of age or older except for employees of L’nuey, their immediate families, cohabitants, agents or contractors.
  2. To enter the giveaway, submit your full name, phone number and email address on the form at lnuey.ca/ourhome, and answer the question as stated in the field provided.
  3. Contest begins on July 17, 2023 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on September 30, 2023 at 11:59:59 p.m. AST
  4. The prize consists of:
    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on October 6, 2023.
  6. L’nuey will contact the Prize winner through the email address provided on the contest entry form. If it is not possible within a 48 hour period to contact the Prize winner, L’nuey will disqualify that Entry and randomly select another Entry as the winner. Once the winner is successfully contacted, they will be required to answer a skill-testing question to be verified.
  7. Once verified, the Prize winner must make arrangements with L’nuey to pick up their prize.
  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
  11. All Contestants agree to be bound by the rules of the Contest and release L’nuey and all parties associated with the Contest from any liability with respect to this Contest or any prize.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

‘Shaping the Epekwitk of Tomorrow’ Contest Rules

  1. The contest is open to all Mi’kmaq who reside in Prince Edward Island and are eighteen (18) years of age or older except for employees of L’nuey, their immediate families, cohabitants, agents or contractors.
  2. To enter the giveaway, submit your full name, phone number and email address on the form at lnuey.ca/progress, and answer the question as stated in the field provided.
  3. Contest begins on January 23, 2022 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on April 30, 2023 at 11:59:59 p.m. AST
  4. The prize consists of:
    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on May 8, 2023.
  6. L’nuey will contact the Prize winner through the email address provided on the contest entry form. If it is not possible within a 48 hour period to contact the Prize winner, L’nuey will disqualify that Entry and randomly select another Entry as the winner. Once the winner is successfully contacted, they will be required to answer a skill-testing question to be verified.
  7. Once verified, the Prize winner must make arrangements with L’nuey to pick up their prize.
  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
  11. All Contestants agree to be bound by the rules of the Contest and release L’nuey and all parties associated with the Contest from any liability with respect to this Contest or any prize.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

‘Connected by Home’ Contest Rules

  1. The contest is open to all persons who reside in Prince Edward Island and are eighteen (18) years of age or older except for employees of L’nuey, their immediate families, cohabitants, agents or contractors.
  2. To enter the giveaway, submit your full name, phone number and email address on the form at lnuey.ca/connected, and answer the question as stated in the field provided.
  3. Contest begins on December 12, 2022 at 12:00:00 a.m. AST and ends on January 31, 2023 at 11:59:59 p.m. AST
  4. The prize consists of:
    • Basket by master basket weaver, Keptin Jimmy Bernard
    • L’nuey blanket
    • L’nuey Toque
    • $200 grocery gift card
  5. Prize winner will be selected via a random draw on February 6, 2023.
  6. L’nuey will contact the Prize winner through the email address provided on the contest entry form. If it is not possible within a 48 hour period to contact the Prize winner, L’nuey will disqualify that Entry and randomly select another Entry as the winner. Once the winner is successfully contacted, they will be required to answer a skill-testing question to be verified.
  7. Once verified, the Prize winner must make arrangements with L’nuey to pick up their prize.
  8. The Prize must be accepted as described and may not be transferred to another person prior to being awarded. L’nuey retains the right to replace the Prize with a different prize of equal or greater value if the original prize becomes unavailable for reasons beyond L’nuey’s control.
  9. The name of the winner upon receiving their Prize will be posted on L’nuey’s website, as well as shared on their social channels.
  10. L’nuey reserves the right to cancel, modify or suspend the Contest without notice, for any reason, including if they are not capable of running as planned or the Contest is adversely affected by computer virus, fraud, technical failures or other causes beyond its control.
  11. All Contestants agree to be bound by the rules of the Contest and release L’nuey and all parties associated with the Contest from any liability with respect to this Contest or any prize.
  12. All decisions by L’nuey with regard to all aspects of this Contest are final.

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