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…
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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…
NDP MPs call for an independent criminal investigation into residential school abuses
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Two NDP MPs are demanding that Canada investigate the allegations of “crimes against humanity” in residential…
Indigenous Women rise to top political offices
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – 2021 has been a tumultuous time. On top of navigating through a pandemic, Canada has been…
Assembly of First Nations election for new National Chief will be held on July 7
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Early last month, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) announced their candidates for the 2021 election…