Feds officially kill Grassy Mine Coal Project
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The federal government has officially put a nail in the coffin of the contentious Grassy Mountain…
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RMWB COVID outbreak is unmanageable and Kenny’s derogatory comment is palpable
By Jake Cardinal (April 28, 2021) – Alberta has reached its second highest total of active cases since the pandemic began with 20,938 active cases….
Hummingbirds Delay Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline By Months, Add Millions to Price Tag
April 26, 2021, Unceded Coast Salish Territories (Burnaby, BC)— A four month federal stop work order has been issued on Trans Mountain’s pipeline construction, the…
Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey Calls for Suspension of New Forestry Legislation
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta are calling on the Alberta Government to suspend new…
AWA Calls for a Federal Impact Assessment of the Tent Mountain Coal Mine Project
(March 30, 2021) – Alberta Wilderness Association has requested that Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson conduct a federal impact assessment of the Tent…
Petition calling for a halt to coal mining presented in parliament
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A petition with thousands of signatures from across the country is asking the federal government to…
Raylene Whitford appointed to federal task force on Women in the Economy
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On March 8, International Women’s Day, a federal task force on Women in the Economy was…
Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation hires Amber-Dawn Boudreau
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Amber-Dawn Boudreau, a member of the Red Rock Indian Band, has been announced as the new…
Tar sands whistleblower and health advocate Dr. John O’Connor receives award
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Dr. John O’Connor — a Fort Chipewyan physician who revealed high cancer rates in communities downstream…
Fort McKay Nations secure agreement with Alberta for Moose Lake Access Management
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Alberta Government and the Fort McKay First Nation have reached an agreement on an access…