New films from North West Studio to showcase at Edmonton International Film Festival
(September 5, 2017) – Powerful new documentary and animated works from the National Film Board of Canada’s award-winning North West Studio in Edmonton will be…
Arts, Culture
Historic National Gathering of Elders facing a funding shortfall
(August 23, 2017, Edmonton, AB in Treaty 6 Territory) – In less than a month well over 1600 Indigenous elders and seniors from across Canada will…
2017 K-Days Competition Pow Wow: And the winners are…
by John Copley (ANNEws) – The spectacular K-Days Pow Wow was held last month from July 25 – 27, sponsored by Northlands, in partnership with…
Aaron Paquette – A positive voice for Edmonton’s City Council Ward 4
By John Copley (ANNews) – When Aaron Paquette announced that he was going to run for a seat on Edmonton City Council in the upcoming October…
NFB & imagineNATIVE seek interactive-project proposals by Indigenous artists in Canada
(August 22, 2017) – The National Film Board of Canada (NFB), in partnership with imagineNATIVE, is proud to continue supporting Indigenous artists in Canada’s interactive-media field. The…
Dahlia Drive brings Haida art collaboration to Edmonton Folk Fest
By Deborah Shatz (ANNews) -The 2017 Edmonton Folk Festival was once again a convergence of great music, a spectacular location on the hill at Gallagher Park near…
K-Days Pow Wow was a spectacular celebration
by John Copley (ANNews) – A partnership agreement initiated last year between the Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation (ANSFN) and Edmonton Northlands saw the first-ever…
Join a reenactment of first meetings in historical Edmonton: Sept. 1 & 2
by John Copley (ANNews) – Edmontonians are invited to take part in a unique and fun-filled experience that will give them the opportunity to both…
Feature artist for July 2017: Tim Mohan
(ANNews) – The beautiful art on the cover of the July 2017 issue of Alberta Native News is by the extremely eclectic and talented contemporary…
Calgary Folk Fest brought vibrant energy, perfect weather and great music
by Laura Moser (ANNews) – The 2017 Calgary Folk Music Festival brought vibrant energy and perfect weather to Prince’s Island Park this past weekend. It…