Roger Augustine News Today

Here's how Carnival is celebrated across the Caribbean, from Trinidad to Barbados.

A new cannabinoid therapy program will be run by the Gitpo Spirit Lodge and has received $1.2 million from Health Canada for two years. The treatment of the 30 participants from Natoaganeg First Nation is expected to begin in January.

The Assembly of First Nations has appointed Joanna Bernard of Madawaska First Nation as the interim national chief. 

An Indigenous-led harm reduction research project has been given about $1.2 million by Health Canada to investigate treatment options for people living with opioid use disorder.

Joanna Bernard of Madawaska First Nation has been elected Assembly of First Nations regional chief for New Brunswick after a month-long campaign. 

A national organization to support wellness and healing initiatives for thousands of survivors of federally-run Indian day schools will officially launch Thursday.

Posted: Apr 23, 2021 5:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 23 A drum circle at the Gitpo Spirit Lodge, a new mens wellness centre in Eel Ground First Nation.(Submitted by Galen Augustine) When Roger Augustine looks out along the Miramichi River, he knows the place where eagles often circle overhead is the perfect spot for healing in his community. The regional chief had long dreamed of a centre to support men and boys in Eel Ground First Nation who face mental health challenges. Then came the oppor...

New Brunswicks provincial budget doesnt include a decision about the potential privatization of Cannabis NB, but the provinces finance minister said an announcement is coming soon.

The Cannabis NB store in Rothesay. (Image: Brad Perry) A First Nations leader and 10 New Brunswick-based cannabis businesses are calling on the province to halt the decision-making process to sell Cannabis NB because they fear it will end up in the hands of a single outside company that will stifle the growth of the local industry. The group, which recently sent a letter to the premier outling its position, says the process to sell the government-owned retailer should be halted until the gove...

Five new cases of Covid-19 were reported in New Brunswick yesterday. Public Health says they include three cases in the Edmundston Health Zone and one each in the Moncton and Miramichi regions. The province also says a presumptive case of the UK varient in the Miramichi that was announced earlier this week has now been confirmed by the National Lab in Winnipeg. Health officials are also reminding people in the Miramichi area that nine seperate exposure warnings were issued for the community wed...