First Native Conservation Officers
Three Mi’kmaq have become the NS Department of Natural Resources’ first full-time aboriginal conservation, enforcement, and liaison officers. The positions were established to further promote positive working relationships with the Mi’kmaq community in Nova Scotia and to encourage better co-operation in the management of the province’s natural resources. “I am proud to be the Minister...
There’s GOLD in them hills!
Ask Albert Toney and Brian Toney and they’ll tell you what they are mining is White Gold! Albert and Brian are long-time employees at Georgia Pacific’s Melford gypsum mine near Waycobah and they love their jobs. “It’s like winning the lottery.” Brian explains, and this is the general reaction from people who land a job...