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…
Resource Development
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…
Alberta’s agreements with Northern First Nations sets parameters for development in sensitive areas
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In early February, the Alberta Government announced two projects in a seemingly new step towards conservationism…
Alberta backsteps and reinstates Coal Policy but protections still fall short
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In May 2020, the Alberta Government announced that they were removing blanket environmental protections – particularly…
Grassy Mountain debate pits band leadership against people
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – While opposition continues to mount against the controversial Grassy Mountain coal project that will create open-pit…