June 19: Live concert “Empowering our Youth” kicks off National Indigenous Peoples Week Edmonton
(ANNews) – A very special live concert will be held in Edmonton on June 19 to kick off the city’s National Indigenous Week and focus…
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Lannie Houle gets a boost from Ashley Callingbull on her Miss Universe Canada journey
By Chevi Rabbit (ANNews) – Lannie Houle is competing for Miss Universe Canada. You can support her by selecting her for the Miss Universe Canada…
Smudge the Blades becomes a national hockey sensation
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Harlan Kingfisher created Smudge the Blades as a way to highlight the sport he enjoyed as…
Top Canadian Model, Linsay Willier-Kendall returns after a family centred career hiatus
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Linsay Willier-Kendall, from Sucker Creek First Nation (Treaty 8) is a powerful voice in Cree society,…
Fashion Designer Yolonda Skelton participates in Indigenous Haute Couture Residency at BCAC
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Canada’s top Indigenous Fashion Designers were invited to Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity (BCAC)…
Fashion Designer Stephanie Crowchild creates recovery home on Tsuut’ina First Nation
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Stephanie Crowchild is a member of Tsuut’ina First Nation. Her traditional Indigenous name is “Woman who…
Ashley Callingbull is the first Cree model to be featured in Sports Illustrated Magazine
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A local woman from the Edmonton area has become the first plains Cree model featured in Sports…
Ashley Callingbull becomes the first Plains Cree model featured in Sports Illustrated
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A local woman from the Edmonton area has become the first plains Cree model featured in…
Kyle Beauregard shares his journey to becoming a sober gay barber: I had to grow up fast
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Kyle Beauregard (he/him) was born in Edmonton. He is a gay Metis Indigenous barber and a…
Indigenous tattoo artist uses art as a way to heal
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Don Ward JR, is a successful Edmonton-based tattoo artist who comes from a family of artisans….