Filmmaker Damian Abrahams receives the ESIO Gil Cardinal Legacy Award
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The 2021 award recipient of the Gil Cardinal Legacy Award has been announced. The winner is…
Culture
Covid restrictions are lifted and the Powwow Trail begins to resume “in person” at CLFN Treaty Days
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In the wake of the COVID health restrictions being completely lifted in Alberta, many events have…
Smithsonian Museum repatriates sacred objects to Siksika Nation
Siksika Nation, Alberta – (July 2021) – Siksika Nation leaders met with representatives last week from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian to…
Indigenous crafters elevate the Edmonton Downtown Farmers Market
By Terry Lusty (ANNews) – The talented group of artists known as ‘I am Collective’ is gaining popularity in Edmonton and across Alberta. Located in…
Last Post Fund honours departed veterans by installing military headstones
By Glenn Miller (ANNews) – Research done over the winter months by volunteer members of the Last Post Fund on unmarked Veterans graves has led…
Arlene Twin: The Indigenous Community Relations team at Women Building Futures
by Women Building Future (ANNews) – Women Building Futures is committed to helping Indigenous women achieve their goals. We offer free career coaching, math upgrading,…
Alberta trustees remove the name ‘Grandin’ from schools in Edmonton, Calgary and St. Albert
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The recent discoveries of multiple unmarked graves at former residential school sites in Canada has many…
Municipality of Jasper celebrates PRIDE with pride
by Dale Ladouceur, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Earlier this week I pulled in to the Municipality of Jasper, Alberta to cover the painting…
Feature artist for June 2021: Karen Erickson
By Dale Ladouceur, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Karen Erickson is a Metis, Cree artist, currently living in Prince George. In art, she has…
Jason Carter creates commemorative symbols for Indigenous Veterans’ grave markers
(June 2021) – The Last Post Fund (LPF) has collaborated with Cree artist Jason Carter on the production of a series of symbols to be…