3NE celebrates completion of remote community solar farm in Fort Chipewyan
(Fort Chipewyan) -Three Nations Energy GP Inc. (3NE) is celebrating completion of their 2.2 MW DC solar farm in Fort Chipewyan Alberta – on time…
2020
NDP and First Nation groups call for recognition of Indigenous genocide
CALGARY — NDP Indigenous Relations Critic Richard Feehan and Indigenous organizations and advocates came together Wednesday to call on the UCP government to include Indigenous…
Driftpile Cree Nation accepts apologies and lifts boycott of Town of Slave Lake
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Driftpile Cree Nation Chief and Council have acknowledged the apologies issued by Councillor Joy McGregor and…
Trans Mountain re-route report submitted to Canada Energy Regulator
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Trans-mountain pipeline has submitted an application to the Canada Energy Regulator to see if the…
Covid-19 cases rising on First Nations across Canada – particularly in Alberta
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The second wave of COVID is happening as this is being written, with Alberta continuously breaking…
AHS changes its contact tracing protocol – asks Albertans to notify their own close contacts
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Alberta is seeing a sustained record number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the province daily, and with each case…
Campaign mounts to exonerate Louis Riel on 135 anniversary of his execution
(November 2020) – A national coalition is calling on the government of Canada to exonerate Louis Riel who was hanged for treason on November 16,…
Métis leaders in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan address racism in healthcare
(Ottawa) – Leaders from the Métis Nation of Ontario, Métis Nation – Saskatchewan and the Métis Nation of Alberta joined other Métis, First Nations and…
Squamish-based actor, Lorne Cardinal, receives Award of Excellence
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On Oct. 25, the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival – the world’s largest Indigenous Film…
Sisters in Spirit pays homage to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Canada
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – This past October 4th was Sister in Spirit Day, which was created in order to bring…