Investigation: Are the Alberta Oil Sands Killing First Nations? (Part 1)
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter “The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.” Gin Rummy. There will be blood Fort Chipewyan…
Resource Development
Coalition of First Nations contest the Mineral Tenure Agreement
By John Wirth, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter In Canada, provincial governments hold jurisdiction over many aspects of mining. These include the development and enforcement of…
First Nations leaders push for energy wealth and ownership at Canadian Hydrogen Convention
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Less than a week before Billy Morin was elected as the Conservative MP for Edmonton Northwest…
Josh Alexis: We are all a part of Mother Earth
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – “Don’t be so in a rush, take your time,” are words of wisdom from Josh Alexis,…
IRC speaks out about Trump’s tariff
by the Indian Resource Council (ANNews) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier Danielle Smith, Premier Doug Ford and all the other Premiers have spoken strongly…
Special Rapporteur Hears About First Nations Water Rights at International Seminar
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Last week in Maskwacis, Samson Cree Nation and the International Organization of Indigenous Resource Development co-hosted…
Indigenous climate advocates say tailings spills study confirms what they already know
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A recently released scientific study on the Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER) poor monitoring of tailings spills…
Cold Lake First Nations chief says he’s ready to defend the federal Impact Assessment Act in court
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – The chief of Cold Lake First Nations says he plans to intervene in the provincial government’s court challenge of the…
Owl River Métis Community Enters Partnership to Build Three Solar Power Plants in Lac La Biche
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Owl River Métis Community has entered into an agreement with Culture Pathways Development Corp to…
A day in someone else’s work boots
(ANNews) – As a kid growing up on the Driftpile Cree Nation in Treaty 8 in northern Alberta, Deana Chalifoux wasn’t sure what she wanted…