Investigation: Are the Alberta Oil Sands Killing First Nations? (Part 1)
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter “The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.” Gin Rummy. There will be blood Fort Chipewyan…
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Members of Dene Tha’, Loon River and Peerless Trout First Nations evacuated due to wildfires
By Jeremy Appel, local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Members of four First Nations in northern Alberta have been forced to evacuate due to ongoing…
First Nations leaders provide national response to King’s Speech
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – First Nations leaders from across Canada gathered in Ottawa to provide a unified response to the…
What the Learning Journey is all about with Shawna Serniak
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The learning journey is a series of neural networks lighting up every time we get a…
Life is Sacred: Ruby Littlechild’s understanding of being good to one another
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Any tree that is firmly rooted into Mother Earth is nutrient dense because of the soil,…
Susie Houle: Co-creating values with Indigenous communities
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – “If one of us succeeds, we all succeed. We have that responsibility to one another to…
Treaty Rights First! Alberta Needs First Nations’ Free, Prior, And Informed Consent To Separate
by Kinnukana, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For several years now, the Alberta government has voiced dissatisfaction with a number of federal policies on…
Coalition of First Nations contest the Mineral Tenure Agreement
By John Wirth, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In Canada, provincial governments hold jurisdiction over many aspects of mining. These include the development and enforcement of…
Yvonne Lepage’s understanding of acceptance, community engagement and Métis relations
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Growing up as a Métis woman with ancestral ties to Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, Yvonne Lepage is…
Victoria Gubbels connects and bridges Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The longest journey a person will take in their lifetime is 18-inches – the journey from…