Podcasts about flat bay

A walk through the woods can be good exercise and a chance to clear your mind. And if you ask Byron Alexander and Jasmine Jesso of Stephenville Crossing, it's also good for your belly. The Mi'kmaw couple run the webpage Newfoundland Naturals, which is devoted to making the most of what Mother Nature gives us. They were scheduled to a medicine walk in Flat Bay, as part of the annual Bay St. George Powwow.

The Bay St. George Powwow starts Friday, July 9, and volunteers in Flat Bay are busy getting everything ready for the annual Mi'kmaw gathering. There's lots of work to be done for an even this big, and normally the committee starts planning almost a whole year in advance. But this year, they only had about three months, thanks to Covid-19. The CBC's Cherie Wheeler was in Flat Bay and met up with some of the people working to make the Powwow happen.

Something very special is happening in Flat Bay today. For the first time since the pandemic, the community is building a Sweat Lodge - the site of one of the most sacred ceremonies in Mi'kmaw culture. There are special preparations, prayers and offerings before it can be used at this weekend's Bay St. George Powwow. CBC's Cherie Wheeler was in Flat Bay recently, and met up with the person responsible for the sweat lodge - and the sacred fire.

(Starts at 0:49 mark) Fuel analyst Dan McTeague tells us why NL is seeing record-high prices at the gas pumps, (11:27) Marcella Williams of the Flat Bay band is the new Mi'kmaw cultural interpreter at Gros Morne National Park, (18:10) a new event on Wednesdays in Deer Lake helps craftspeople sell their products in person after many months with no such opportunity, and (27:03) local people are restoring a 200-year-oldbuilding that houses the Salvage Fisherman's Museum.

(Starts at 0:47) People in the Flat Bay area say coastal erosion is eating away at the road bed that leads to their community, and government's re-routing plan falls short. (7:26) A naturopathic doctor says It's personal and embarrassing, but we ALL need to talk about what our, ahem, poop should look like, to help us stay healthy - and a note to listeners that the discussion will be very detailed. (15:30) And NL Folk trio Flower Hill is happy to be on the road this week...playing at an Arts and Culture Centre near you!

The guide for our Mi'kmaw Words series, Dean Simon of Flat Bay, is a member of Qalipu First Nation and co-ordinator of its Language Revival Project. He's also a registered dietitian, so we asked him about words and expressions related to cooking

It's spring in NL now - at least according to the calendar - but the snow will be around for another while and many of us will keep enjoying winter activities. Dean Simon is from Flat Bay, he's a member of Qalipu First Nation, and he's co-ordinator of its Language Revival Project.  

Our focus today on our Mi'kmaw Words is on winter and winter activities. Dean Simon is from Flat Bay, he's a member of Qalipu First Nation, and he's co-ordinator of its Language Revival Project.

Part 3 of the series features Dean Simon of Flat Bay, western Newfoundland. He shows how to ask "Can you speak Mi'kmaq?" - and even gives us a few answers to practice.

In Part 2 of our series, Dean Simon of Flat Bay, western Newfoundland demonstrates how to say "thank you" in Mi'kmaq and gives us a few words to help us talk about the weather.

In the first of a series, Dean Simon of Flat Bay, western Newfoundland demonstrates a few basic words to help our listeners begin to speak Mi'kmaq. He's a member of Qalipu First Nation and calls himself a "student" of the language.

Dean Simon left Flat Bay and crossed the water to live in Eskasoni so he could hear Mi'kmaw whenever he walks down the road. He says you, too, can take back your language—if you want it enough.

When Joanne Miles takes over from Liz Lasaga at the end of the month, she will be in charge of managing a difficult relationship with the Qalipu First Nation and preparing for a long-awaited summit of the two bands.

This week, we take a look at the candidates for the 2018 Qalipu election. With three members of the extended White family of Flat Bay in the running, only two of the other candidates are women. And later in the show, the Assembly of First Nation's Regional Chief Morley Googoo talks to us about repairing Qalipu relationship with other Mi'kmaq.

Our guests this week—Kelly Ann Butler, chair of the committee that organizes the Bay St. George Powwow in Flat Bay, and Charlene Combdon of the Exploits Mawi'omi—talk about three major events planned this summer, and another that's in the works.

Former Qalipu chief Brendan Sheppard says there's little support in Flat Bay for separation and Liz Lasaga should have consulted community before publicly pitching breakaway.

This week, we hear from Flat Bay chief Liz Lasaga about the recent controversy surrounding the new Friendship Centre.

Elder Calvin White says the Flat Bay community needs its own band status to generate economic development and to ensure its future.