Signs from Sandy Cove’s women’s march will be preserved at the Nova Scotia Museum. The Digby County village of 65 had 15 people march as part of worldwide protests against the Trump administration. Curator Martin Hubley told CBC the museum acted quick so the signs, wet from drizzle, wouldn’t be wrecked.
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Province posthumously apologizes to, pardons Gabriel Sylliboy
The province has officially apologized to late Mi’kmaq Grand Chief Gabriel Sylliboy. He was convicted of illegal hunting in 1927, but is now posthumously pardoned. Premier Stephen McNeil described Sylliboy as a leader who acted with courage and integrity, at a time when aboriginal and treaty rights weren’t fully recognized.