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Millbrook Fisheries has a selection of both old wooden and old wire traps to give away in the Fisheries Compound. If you would like to come and view the traps please call Tom at (902) 890-2940 or Andrew at (902) 899-6409. Traps must be moved by you.
After Friday, July 11 we will make other arrangements to remove them.
Thank you,
Millbrook Fisheries
The Millbrook Health Centre is closed today, tomorrow and Wednesday (June 28-30) for a three-day COVID19 vaccine clinic. Nurses and physicians are not available for other appointments during this time. Please call on Friday if you need an appointment with the nurses/physicians. Thank you.
Please be advised of Millbrook’s Tobacco Store reduced hours next week due to the vaccine clinics.
Monday, June 28, 2021 - 4 pm to 7 pm
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 – 4 pm to 7 pm
Wednesday, June 30, 2021 - 4 pm - 5:30 pm.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
In light of the ongoing investigations being conducted on former Indian Residential School grounds, the Millbrook First Nation will not be holding any Canada Day celebrations. We ask that our neighbours and surrounding communities stand in solidarity with us as the tragedies across this nation continue to unfold.
We respectfully ask that our allies acknowledge the gravity of what has happened to our children over the past decades, rather than celebrate the institutions that imposed such atrocities on this country’s first peoples.
As a community we are asking you to be the change that our country needs in order to see true meaningful reconciliation between our nations.
#CancelCanadaDay
Unfortunately, for those Millbrook Members living in the US, we were unable to direct deposit the Millbrook Enterprise Credit yesterday. The grants were mailed out on June 10th. Sorry for the inconvenience. We will endeavour to resolve the situation before the subsequent Enterprise Credit issuance.
Please be advised that Prohibition Order MTN-2021-005, an emergency biotoxin closure for Grand Lake watershed and Shubenacadie River, Nova Scotia due suspected Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria), is now approved and published on the Orders Registry.
The link for the active order can be found here: http://www.inter.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/maritimes/orders-registry/report?order_id=7735
Attached please find a map of the area the PO encompasses.
Attention Millbrook Band Members: Millbrook Enterprise Credit deposited, but depending on which banking institution you use, it shows up at different times of the day. If you haven’t received your direct deposit by 3:30pm today, you can email Chantal at chantelg@eastlink.ca.
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We are pleased to welcome Jonathan Lowe as the new Fisheries Manager for Millbrook First Nation. Mr. Lowe has over twenty years of experience in fisheries biology and aquatic research, marine management, and coastal economic development. He most recently worked for the Province of Nova Scotia as a senior marine resource advisor. His other employment experience includes term positions at Parks Canada -Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct, Acadia University, the Municipality of Kings County and the Department of Lands and Forestry.
Mr. Lowe has been a member on various diversity hiring panels, along with diversity work committees aimed at ensuring workspaces are reflective of underrepresented and marginalized groups, and those with protected characteristics as defined by human rights and employment equity legislation in Canada. He has volunteered with the Aboriginal Training and Employment Commission (APTEC) and currently the Native Council of Nova Scotia. He has completed courses specific to human resource selection and hiring processes for promoting diversity within organizations and undertaken specific training on consulting with Indigenous peoples here in Nova Scotia. He has also completed university coursework in environmental law.
Mr. Lowe has a passion for working with First Nations and Indigenous communities and is a strong supporter of Aboriginal and treaty rights. He is a proponent of Mi’kmaw community-based fisheries management which directly incorporates the concept of Netuklimk and Indigenous Traditional Knowledge while complementing objective science. He believes that our intrinsic values of collaboration, kindness and unity will move us forward as a strong and thriving Mi’kmaw Nation.
Mr. Lowe is an off-reserve Mi’kmaq, originally from Milton, Queens County. He enjoys hunting, fishing, trapping, learning about and harvesting wild edibles and medicines, and researching Mi’kmaw history in his spare time.
Millbrook Band Office is closed Monday for Victoria Day, have a safe and happy long weekend.
The application period is now open for the Loretta Saunders Community Scholarship Fund.
The Scholarship Fund aims to support Indigenous women in their chosen field of study who are attending a post-secondary institution in Mi’kma’ki, Nunatsiavut, or Atlantic Canada and who have completed the equivalent of one year of post-secondary education in the previous two years.
Applicants will be adjudicated upon the basis of their scholastic achievement, service to Indigenous communities, community potential, and financial need.
