Indigenous oil companies and the Site Rehabilitation Program
Editor’s note: This article was updated on July 21, 2020 to reflect that the funding for this project came entirely from a Federal government program. …
Jake Cardinal
The healing songs of stickgame with Lyndon Scott
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Powwows have been cancelled across Turtle Island due to gathering restrictions related to COVID-19. Dancers and drummers are missing the…
Hinshaw condemns COVID-19 discrimination against Siksika members and praises leaders
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – The Siksika First Nation has acted quickly, transparently and proactively to control spread of the COVID-19 virus. In early July,…
Edmonton CFL team faces ‘third and long’ to change their name
By Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – In this new decade tensions are high as Black Lives Matter is back in the spotlight after the killing of…
Decriminalizing Illegal Drugs in Canada
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) is asking federal lawmakers to decriminalize possession of illegal drugs for personal,…
Who Polices the Police? An interview with the creators of ‘Above the Law’
By Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Above the Law, a new documentary film by Marc Serpa Francoeur and Robinder Uppal about police brutality in Calgary, Alberta,…
Young men from Saddle Lake Cree Nation join Edmonton Huskies
(ANNews) – Owen Brest (19) and Kiseyotin White (17), two young Indigenous men from Saddle Lake, have joined the Edmonton Huskies of the Canadian Junior…
Treaty Eight Chiefs join the call for Premier Kenney to fire his racist speechwriter
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Edmonton Rutherford MLA Richard Feehan, Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey, President of the 60’s scoop Indigenous society of Alberta…
Walking With Our Angels: Saskatchewan’s Indigenous suicide crisis
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – The suicide rate in Indigenous communities has reached epidemic proportions and a young Indigenous man from Saskatchewan is walking and…
Kenney stands by UCP speechwriter who has a history of racist and homophobic articles
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – In 2013, Alberta UCP speechwriter wrote these words in an essay: “A community of people who are willing to give…