AFN Alberta Chief slams UCP government
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Assembly of First Nations Alberta Regional Chief Marlene Poitras has issued a statement in response to…
August 2021
Canmore mountain peak officially drops offensive name
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A Canmore mountain peak is now officially going by its original Stoney Nakoda name of Anû…
Feds offer support to First Nations amidst Delta surge
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In the span of one month, COVID cases have increased by 420 per cent in First…
Edmonton Police Officer found guilty of assault in 2019 arrest of Indigenous man
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On August 26, an Alberta Provincial court judged ruled that Edmonton Police Officer, Const. Michael Partington,…
Recruiting for the position of Child and Youth Advocate Alberta
THE CHILD AND YOUTH ADVOCATE OF ALBERTA Select Special Child and Youth Advocate Search Committee The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is recruiting for the position…
Indigenous Elders host pipe ceremony at Calgary residential school memorial
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous Elders hosted an Aug. 26 pipe ceremony to bless a memorial to the children who…
Indigenous Elders bless Indian Residential School Memorial at Calgary City Hall
(Calgary) – Today, The City of Calgary joined Indigenous Elders in a Pipe Ceremony to bless the memorial that was established by the Indigenous community…
Bear Clan Patrol, G4 co-host downtown Calgary vaccination clinic
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Calgary’s Bear Clan Patrol and the G4 First Nations co-hosted an outdoor vaccination clinic at Shaw…
Piikani Nation to search four sites of four residential schools
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Piikani First Nation is beginning the process of searching the sites of four former residential…
No on-reserve voting for October referenda, senate elections
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous people won’t be able to vote on reserve in the upcoming plebiscites and senate elections…