Maureen Googoo

Chief: Rufus C. Copage: 473 Jerry F. Sack: 552 – Elected Nathan William Sack: 67 Councillors: Ronnie William Augustine: 398 – Elected Doreen Anne Bernard: 119 Desmond (Desi) Brooks: 236 Kevin Charles Copage: 86 Darleia T. Dorey: 166 Marie Teresa Drew: 94 Gabriel (Moochie) Gehue: 70 Ryan J. Hamilton: 79 Jacklyn Hillier: 183 Thomas...
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Three people are vying for chief and 65 people are running for council in the Shubenacadie Band election on November 2, 2010. Nominations were held at the multi-purpose centre in Indian Brook First Nation, N.S. on October 9. More than 70 people were present to nominate candidates in the upcoming election. The election was...
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The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs has ordered a new election for the Shubenacadie Band in Nova Scotia. An INAC spokeswoman in Ottawa confirmed on Monday the federal government’s order-in-council to set aside the June 12, 2009 election. Nominations for chief and council will happen on Oct. 9 and the election is scheduled...
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Video of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Earl as it passed over Indian Brook First Nation, N.S. on September 4, 2010: Hurricane/Tropical Storm Earl hits Nova Scotia from Radio Googoo on Vimeo.
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A mass and re-enactment play took place at Port Royal National Historic Site in Annapolis Royal, N.S. to mark the 400th anniversary of Mi’kmaq Grand Chief Membertou’s baptism into Christianity.
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It was a ceremony to mark the anniversary of what’s considered to be a 400-year-old political alliance the Mi’kmaq made with French and the Vatican. Approximately 500 people gathered near the shoreline at Port Royal National Historic Site in Annapolis Royal, N.S. on Thursday to witness the re-enactment of Mi’kmaq Grand Chief Henri Membertou’s...
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1. Report on the state of child welfare services in New Brunswick’s aboriginal communities. Last fall, New Brunswick’s Child and Youth Advocate Bernard Richard visited ten First Nation communities in the province to discuss and examine the current state of child welfare services. The review was ordered following the 2008 suicide of a 13-year-old...
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Mi’kmaq leaders in Nova Scotia want the provincial government to remove one of its senior lawyers from any advisory role on issues affecting Mi’kmaq people. The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs has concerns about senior crown attorney Alex M. Cameron who recently wrote a book that takes a critical view of the 1999...
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The chief of the Wagmatcook First Nation says it’s taking too long for the RCMP to release its report into the shooting death of band member John Simon in December 2008. “It’s pretty hard for the family and the community,” Chief Lester Peck said at a news conference held in Halifax on Tuesday. “It’s...
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Aboriginal rights advocate Viola Robinson recalled the hardship and struggles Mi’kmaq people endured over the years as she listened to her biography being read during the 2009 Order of Nova Scotia ceremony on Wednesday. “Back then, it was really tough for the Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia,” Robinson told RadioGoogoo.ca following the ceremony. “It was...
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