Maureen Googoo (Mali'n Ku'ku'kwes)
@mgoogoo.bsky.social
Award-winning journalist
L'nu/Mi'kmaw from Sipekne'kati in Mi'kma'ki
Owner/Editor of Ku'ku'kwes News, Independent Indigneous News in Atlantic Canada @kukukwes.bsky.social
L'nu/Mi'kmaw from Sipekne'kati in Mi'kma'ki
Owner/Editor of Ku'ku'kwes News, Independent Indigneous News in Atlantic Canada @kukukwes.bsky.social
My desk for today 😎
August 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
My desk for today 😎
I’m in Amherst Provincial Court today covering a hearing involving two Indigenous men from N.B. charged with cannabis offences. The two men want the Micmac Rights Association to represent them @ trial. The federal crown opposes that based on section 801 of the Criminal Code which limits that.
August 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’m in Amherst Provincial Court today covering a hearing involving two Indigenous men from N.B. charged with cannabis offences. The two men want the Micmac Rights Association to represent them @ trial. The federal crown opposes that based on section 801 of the Criminal Code which limits that.
I will be part of this symposium on local journalism in the Maritimes. Check out the website for more information and to register bringbacklocalnews.ca
Local News Matters
Local News Matters is a one-day symposium to bring together journalists, citizens, experts, and community leaders to talk about how to expedite the rebirth of local news in the Maritimes.
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May 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I will be part of this symposium on local journalism in the Maritimes. Check out the website for more information and to register bringbacklocalnews.ca
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the leader of that malicious group
March 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
the leader of that malicious group
Two items worth noting from today's @halifaxexaminer.ca's Morning File:
1. ANSMC's "rebuke" to NS Premier over legislation to remove bans on fracking and uranium mining and exploration in Mi’kma’ki
2. Mi'kmaw artist Wolf Castle among artists who have pulled out of this year's ECMAs.
1. ANSMC's "rebuke" to NS Premier over legislation to remove bans on fracking and uranium mining and exploration in Mi’kma’ki
2. Mi'kmaw artist Wolf Castle among artists who have pulled out of this year's ECMAs.
Why the right loves the AI aesthetic, and other essays of note
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Why the right loves the AI aesthetic, and other essays of note - Halifax Examiner
"AI art, as practiced by the right, says that there are no rules but the naked exercise of power."
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
March 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Two items worth noting from today's @halifaxexaminer.ca's Morning File:
1. ANSMC's "rebuke" to NS Premier over legislation to remove bans on fracking and uranium mining and exploration in Mi’kma’ki
2. Mi'kmaw artist Wolf Castle among artists who have pulled out of this year's ECMAs.
1. ANSMC's "rebuke" to NS Premier over legislation to remove bans on fracking and uranium mining and exploration in Mi’kma’ki
2. Mi'kmaw artist Wolf Castle among artists who have pulled out of this year's ECMAs.
I reached out to all 20 First Nations that were issued DFO elver eel licences for comment. So far, only two have replied. One FN forwarded me a letter it sent to DFO on Mar. 1/25. Another FN granted my request for an interview. A tribal council stated it can't comment until next week.
1. DFO held a media technical briefing this morning about the upcoming 2025 Elver Eel Fishery. Here's what I noted from that briefing:
March 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I reached out to all 20 First Nations that were issued DFO elver eel licences for comment. So far, only two have replied. One FN forwarded me a letter it sent to DFO on Mar. 1/25. Another FN granted my request for an interview. A tribal council stated it can't comment until next week.
1. DFO held a media technical briefing this morning about the upcoming 2025 Elver Eel Fishery. Here's what I noted from that briefing:
March 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
1. DFO held a media technical briefing this morning about the upcoming 2025 Elver Eel Fishery. Here's what I noted from that briefing:
Here's a recent interview I did with CBC NS regarding the formation of the Indigenous Media Association of Canada @indigenousmac.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'An equal seat at that table': why Indigenous journalists have formed a new industry group | CBC News
Maureen Googoo, the owner/editor of Ku'ku'wes News, spoke to Information Morning’s Portia Clark about the new organization and why it's important for Indigenous journalists to have a seat at the table...
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February 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Here's a recent interview I did with CBC NS regarding the formation of the Indigenous Media Association of Canada @indigenousmac.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Welcome to Bluesky @knockc.bsky.social 😎👍
February 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Welcome to Bluesky @knockc.bsky.social 😎👍
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Maddow: If you don't have Bluesky yet, I recommend it. It is a social media network that doesn't make me want to stab myself in the eye with a rusty fork
February 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Maddow: If you don't have Bluesky yet, I recommend it. It is a social media network that doesn't make me want to stab myself in the eye with a rusty fork
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Just realized it's been probably two weeks since I've referred to Trump as a convicted felon or court-declared sexual assaulter. So much to remember!
February 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Just realized it's been probably two weeks since I've referred to Trump as a convicted felon or court-declared sexual assaulter. So much to remember!
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As always: Follow the money. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...
Elon Musk’s Attacks on CFPB Remove Obstacle to Building ‘X Money’
Former officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Elon Musk’s payment-business aspirations were driving his efforts to hobble the agency.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As always: Follow the money. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...
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It's important to remember on days like today that Trump is completely out of his tiny little mind
February 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's important to remember on days like today that Trump is completely out of his tiny little mind
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Indigenous Media Association of Canada formed by five veteran media professionals
January 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Indigenous Media Association of Canada formed by five veteran media professionals
I've been following @lookner.bsky.social on Agenda Free TV on YouTube for breaking news coverage ever since I discovered the channel while looking for updates on the Tantallon fires back in May 2023. www.youtube.com/@AgendaFreeTV
Agenda-Free TV
The best LIVE BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE anywhere...without an agenda!
It seems like everyone in the media has an agenda these days. And frankly, we’re a little sick of it. Why can’t there be a place whe...
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January 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I've been following @lookner.bsky.social on Agenda Free TV on YouTube for breaking news coverage ever since I discovered the channel while looking for updates on the Tantallon fires back in May 2023. www.youtube.com/@AgendaFreeTV
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I’m just begging you: Before you write your post about why the media isn’t covering something, *Google it* and look at the “news” tab. Please.
January 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I’m just begging you: Before you write your post about why the media isn’t covering something, *Google it* and look at the “news” tab. Please.
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Folks forget that unions made gains not through polite negotiations but through mass resistance to state violence. And why have labour organizers and workers been willing to risk incarceration, beatings, even death? Because that's what workers face AT WORK ANYWAY.
December 16, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Folks forget that unions made gains not through polite negotiations but through mass resistance to state violence. And why have labour organizers and workers been willing to risk incarceration, beatings, even death? Because that's what workers face AT WORK ANYWAY.
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Register for the CAJ Unplugged mini conference this weekend in Halifax!
Sessions feature @timbousquet.bsky.social, @mgoogoo.bsky.social, @stephenmaher.bsky.social, the Canada Press Freedom Project & more!
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Sessions feature @timbousquet.bsky.social, @mgoogoo.bsky.social, @stephenmaher.bsky.social, the Canada Press Freedom Project & more!
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Join J-Source and the Canada Press Freedom Project's @sonjfatah.bsky.social, @cwaddell27.bsky.social and @stephwechsler.bsky.social to talk about press freedom violations in Canada and why it's critical to have a record of incursions on journalistic work.
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November 20, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Register for the CAJ Unplugged mini conference this weekend in Halifax!
Sessions feature @timbousquet.bsky.social, @mgoogoo.bsky.social, @stephenmaher.bsky.social, the Canada Press Freedom Project & more!
caj.ca/programs/caj...
Sessions feature @timbousquet.bsky.social, @mgoogoo.bsky.social, @stephenmaher.bsky.social, the Canada Press Freedom Project & more!
caj.ca/programs/caj...
Looking foward to speaking at CAJ Unplugged in Halifax this weekend.
November 18, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Looking foward to speaking at CAJ Unplugged in Halifax this weekend.
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The word "squaw" was declared derogatory by the Department of Interior in 2021. Since then, hundreds of geographic features have been renamed with input from local tribes and Indigenous communities.
A derogatory term for Native women will be removed from place names across California
The word "squaw" was declared derogatory by the Department of Interior in 2021. Since then, hundreds of geographic features have been renamed with input from local tribes and Indigenous communities.
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November 16, 2024 at 9:50 PM
The word "squaw" was declared derogatory by the Department of Interior in 2021. Since then, hundreds of geographic features have been renamed with input from local tribes and Indigenous communities.
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November 16, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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So deadly ✊🏽🙌🏽❤️
Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.
November 16, 2024 at 3:08 AM
So deadly ✊🏽🙌🏽❤️
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I was arguing with someone who had bullshit "facts," but then I thought, hey, why bother? So I blocked them.
This Bluesky thing doesn't have to be like Twitter, and it isn't. That's a good thing.
This Bluesky thing doesn't have to be like Twitter, and it isn't. That's a good thing.
November 16, 2024 at 2:36 PM
I was arguing with someone who had bullshit "facts," but then I thought, hey, why bother? So I blocked them.
This Bluesky thing doesn't have to be like Twitter, and it isn't. That's a good thing.
This Bluesky thing doesn't have to be like Twitter, and it isn't. That's a good thing.