‘Blinding Light Walk’ raises awareness of the need to make Canada a healthy place for everyone
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANN) – Last month, members of the Chipewyan Prairie First Nation and their Chief began a walk to…
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Saskatchewan judge refuses to release Residential School document
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANN) – A judge in Saskatchewan is refusing to release a document outlining how the Catholic Church fulfilled…
Controversy surrounds the cancellation of Grassy Mountain Coal Project
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Last month, a joint panel made up of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) and the Impact…
ACFN calls for reparations and hunting rights in Wood Buffalo National Park
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Earlier this month, a report commissioned by the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) was released that…
Grace Auger is among the new judges appointed in Alberta
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, Kaycee Madu, has appointed eight new judges to the Alberta…
First Nations and Rocky Mountain House leaders investigate accusations of racism
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Earlier this month, an Indigenous man from O’Chiese First Nation was denied medical service for his…
Wab Kinew confronts Manitoba Reconciliation Minister Lagimodiere on residential school statement
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In a dumpster fire of attempted reconciliation, the Manitoba Minister of Indigenous Relations has apologized for…
Filmmaker Damian Abrahams receives the ESIO Gil Cardinal Legacy Award
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The 2021 award recipient of the Gil Cardinal Legacy Award has been announced. The winner is…
Covid restrictions are lifted and the Powwow Trail begins to resume “in person” at CLFN Treaty Days
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In the wake of the COVID health restrictions being completely lifted in Alberta, many events have…
Book Review – Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity, A Memoir by Darrel McLeod
Review by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Peyakow: Reclaiming Cree Dignity, A Memoir is a new memoir from the award-winning, Cree writer…