Sheena Kaine: Rising from pain to power
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Sheena Kaine embodies the struggles of women in our province, especially Indigenous women. Despite battling substance…
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Indigenous leaders respond to the 2022 federal budget
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous leaders have mixed responses to the 2022 federal budget tabled this month in Ottawa by…
Economic alliance formed among four Treaty 6 Nations
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On January 20, 2022 four First Nations in Alberta announced an economic alliance called the First…
COVID-19’s impact on First Nation businesses, taxes and reporting
By Rob Picton, CA, CPA (ANNews) – Our previous article from the April 2018 edition of Alberta Native News outlined the complexity arising when Canada’s…
Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corp. gives six First Nations a loan guarantee for a major power project
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC) announced on September 9, 2020 that it has provided a…
New, innovative Indigenous management consulting company launched in Alberta
by Jake Cardinal (Enoch, AB) – WinFire Business Services Ltd. has announced its formal launch of operations. Located in the River Cree Crossing Business Park,…
Casino closures in Alberta negatively impacting First Nations: Part 1
By Jake Cardinal “If there’s no money coming in, how do you justify paying people? You can’t.” – A First Nation Development Fund Director (ANNews) …
IRC and FNMPC sign an agreement to unite their interests
(MAY 23, 2019 – Vancouver, BC) – The Board of Directors of the Indian Resource Council and the First Nations Major Projects Coalition have signed…
Forward Summit paves a path for economic reconciliation
by John Copley (ANNews) – The Forward Summit was initiated and hosted by five founding partners: Connect Partnership Group, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, Alberta…
AFN delivers strong message to First Ministers about First Nations Rights in economic decision making
(Montreal, QC): Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde told the Prime Minister and Premiers at the First Ministers Meeting on December 10,…