Turtle Island Solutions with Jeremy Makokis
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Turtle – there are many teachings that comes with understanding this sacred being. One of…
June 2025
First Nations leaders in Alberta call on feds to scrap Bill C-5
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Treaty 6 and 8 First Nations leadership have joined fellow First Nations leaders across Canada to…
A Day of Healing, Remembrance, and Community: AFCC’s Red Dress Powwow a Resounding Success
(Calgary) – An incredible community spirit filled The Big Four Roadhouse on May 24, 2025, as the Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary (AFCC) proudly hosted…
New medical program will train doctors in Northern and Indigenous communities
Sponsored by the University of Alberta (Alberta) – This August, a new generation of doctors will start their medical education closer to home, culture and…
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…
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…