Fort McKay First Nation partners with developer on St. Albert urban village
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Fort McKay First Nation and developer Landrex are splitting the cost of a $176-million urban village…
Resource Development
World’s Largest Protected Boreal Forest sees major expansion
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Mikisew Cree Nation is celebrating the expansion of the Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Park in Northern…
In new report First Nations urge BC to grant them control of mining in Indigenous territory
By Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – In an effort to proactively reclaim sovereignty over their territories in British Columbia, the BC First Nations Energy and Mining…
Indigenous non-profit seeking ownership of TMX pipeline
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Nesika Services, an Indigenous not-for-profit organization that went public Monday, is seeking a stake in ownership…
Kainai, Siksika object to coal company’s depiction of consultation
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Kainai and Siksika Nations have filed letters with the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, arguing…
B.C. First Nations concerned with provincial logging process
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – First Nations in B.C. are concerned with the government’s old-growth deferral process, believing that the province…
RCMP clashes with Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Last Friday, the RCMP forcibly entered an Indigenous resistance camp in B.C. that opposed the construction…
Provincial government funding lawsuit against federal tanker ban
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The UCP government is bankrolling two Métis groups’ lawsuit against the federal Liberals’ oil tanker ban…
Indigenous COP26 delegates want to be heard by governments
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – First Nations perspectives need to be front-and-centre in any response to the climate crisis, Indigenous delegates…
Backwoods Energy Services announces new CEO and Board of Directors
(Edmonton) – Backwoods Energy Services (Backwoods), one of the largest diversified Indigenous-owned businesses in Canada, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new CEO,…