Bringing healing home: Siksika Nation opens 76-bed recovery community
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter SIKSIKA NATION, Alta. — For Siksika Nation, recovery is about more than treating addiction. It is about bringing people…
Arts, Culture
William Singer III will receive the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for preserving Blackfoot knowledge
by Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For more than four decades, William Singer III has used art, education, land based learning and…
Melody McArthur: Finding her voice through music, theatre and justice
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For Melody McArthur, storytelling has never been limited to one stage. A singer-songwriter, actor, Gladue report writer and…
We Need to Start Drumming Our Drum: The growing role of Alberta’s Friendship Centre Movement
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For more than 70 years, Friendship Centres have been a vital part of Indigenous community life…
Lawrence Paul: A decade of music, ready to be heard
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For Alexander First Nation Cree hip-hop artist Lawrence Paul, music has been a lifelong form of…
Rooted in Culture: Jonessa Strawberry, Miss Queen Treaty Six, raises awareness of online bullying and hate
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – At 22, Jonessa Strawberry, Miss Queen Treaty Six 2026, is using her regional title to raise…
Carrying Culture Forward: Kalaija Ward-Buffalo’s Journey Through Family and the Powwow Trail
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For Kalaija Ward-Buffalo, powwow is more than a gathering. It is a way of life rooted…
Operation Sole Helps Indigenous Youth Step Into the New School Year With Confidence
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For Indigenous youth graduating from the Oskayak Police Academy, the end of their two-week journey with…
Otipemisiwak Métis Government asks Town of St. Paul to restore its original name
By Jeremy Appel The Otipemisiwak Métis Government (OMG) has asked the Town of St. Paul to return to its original name of St. Paul des…
EPSB honours Indigenous graduates
By Regan Lipes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A high school graduation is a truly magical time, full of hope, inspiration, and forward-gazing dreams. …