Record-breaking number of deaths in Alberta’s Child Services
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – According to figures released by Alberta Children’s Services, the province is on track for a record-breaking…
December 2021
The First Nation opioid crisis in Canada
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In 2020, Canada’s chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam released a report detailing the state…
B.C. First Nations concerned with provincial logging process
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – First Nations in B.C. are concerned with the government’s old-growth deferral process, believing that the province…
Marlene Poitras removed from AFN regional chief position – her term expired months ago
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs (AOTC) have announced that a motion to remove Marlene Poitras from…
Long Plain First Nation and Canada settle century old land dispute
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A century-old land dispute between Canada and the Long Plain First Nation has finally reached a…
First Annual Holiday Market at the River Cree, presented by Enoch Cree Nation: Dec. 3 – 5
by Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative (ANNews) – The Enoch Cree Nation is hosting their community’s first annual Holiday Market – maskêkosihk pipon atâwêwikamik at…
Indigenous peoples still face racism in B.C. Health Care System
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A recent progress report has found that despite some improvements, racism continues to affect Indigenous people…
Edmonton Police Officer receives no jail time for assaulting Indigenous man
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Const. Michael Partington, an Edmonton Police Officer who was found guilty of assaulting an Indigenous man…
Inuit child care law passed In Canada by Inuvialuit
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On Nov. 24, the Inuvialuit people residing in the Northwest Territories (NWT) made history by passing…
Ontario academic looks at history of forced sterilization of Indigenous women
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – An academic at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., has been researching the forced sterilization of…