Miss Earth Canada 2025 is Hailey Hamelin-Wilson!
by Deena Goodrunning, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, (ANNews) – Hailey Hamelin-Wilson from Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is the first ever Indigenous Canadian woman to hold…
Articles by Alberta Native News
Siksika Nation challenges Alberta’s lifting of coal mining ban in court
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Siksika Nation and the Blood Tribe are launching a court challenge of the Alberta government’s decision…
Tree planting frenzy kicks off the summer in Edmonton’s Kihcihkaw Askî
Photos and article by Terry Lusty, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The city of Edmonton’s Root for Trees initiative has again opened its doors,…
Founder Robyn Soulier-Ritchot discusses the journey behind Eagle Medicine Coaching
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Nature can only thrive within reciprocal relationships, where they need to be sustainable. Some know this…
Tipawan: Achieving balance with Leona Karakunte
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The word for a Cree person, nehiyawe, comes from the root word newo—meaning four. And in…
Reconciliation and nourishing our communities with Tanya Tourangeau
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous Knowledge is embedded in understanding that for anyone to come to know things differently, first…
Understanding ecological relationships, knowledge and knowing with Dwayne Donald
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – There is a glacier-fed river thriving with phytoplankton while sharing nutrients with all our relatives and…
Sandy Sanderson’s understanding of being an ‘Eco-Preneur’
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – “Our business is about purpose,” shared Sandy Sanderson, a member of Mikisew Cree First Nation and…
Judy Ducharme communicates in Healing Ways – with crosswalks
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – Judy Ducharme learned from her grandparents how to sustain herself with a simple lifestyle and she came to understand why…
How Anita Cardinal Learned to Breathe
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – The first thing we two-legged humans learn to do when we are born into the physical world is breathe, but…