Mackenzie Brown: Sharing culture through art, music and business
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Mackenzie Brown is a multi-talented Cree artist from Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation with a degree in…
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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…
FNBC welcomes former AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde to its board of directors
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – First Nations Bank of Canada (FNBC) recently announced the addition of four new members to its…
B.C. scapegoats wolf population, blaming them for the caribou decline
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In January of this year, B.C announced the extension of its controversial wolf reduction program for…
Union of BC Indian Chiefs warn against Indigenous investment into TMX pipeline
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On March 15, 2022 the Union of BC Indian Chiefs released an open letter for Indigenous…
Female-led, Indigenous small businesses partner with Rexall stores across Canada
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Three female-led, Indigenous small business have announced a partnership with the Canadian drugstore giant, Rexall. The…
Deloitte releases new report on fighting climate change through reconciliation
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Consulting firm Deloitte has released a new report that says Canada’s climate and reconciliation commitments go…
Indigenous Box launches at Edmonton International Airport Campus
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Mallory Grace Yawnghwe is from Saddle Lake Cree Nation and has become one of Alberta’s top…
Edmonton’s river valley moves closer to becoming an urban national park
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On March 14, 2022 the Government of Canada announced that they were working with the city…
U of A student group launches campaign for equitable access to clean drinking water
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A group of graduate students at the University of Alberta launched a campaign on March 22…