Papal apology will wait until his Turtle Island visit next year: AFN delegate
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates who will be travelling to the Vatican next week and…
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Online resource allows users to view Blackfoot items held in British museums
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A group of Blackfoot researchers have put together a website where people can view Blackfoot artifacts…
Family of Blackfoot man who died in jail last year still don’t know how he died
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The family of a Blackfoot man who died in a Calgary jail still doesn’t know his…
TikTok program helps aspiring Indigenous influencers
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – TikTok is offering a program for Indigenous creators across Turtle Island to learn all the best…
ICC turns down lawyers’ request to investigate residential schools
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A Red Deer-based lawyer who helped bring forward a request for the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
Provincial government funding lawsuit against federal tanker ban
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The UCP government is bankrolling two Métis groups’ lawsuit against the federal Liberals’ oil tanker ban…
Child and Youth Advocate says COVID has made things worse for vulnerable youth
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – The overlapping public health crises of COVID and opioid poisoning are having a significant impact on some of Alberta’s most…
Indigenous COP26 delegates want to be heard by governments
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – First Nations perspectives need to be front-and-centre in any response to the climate crisis, Indigenous delegates…
Day scholars can apply for residential schools compensation starting December
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Survivors of residential day schools will be able to apply for compensation by December, lawyers who…
Prime Minister Trudeau faces more heat for starting his vacation on September 30
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – More Indigenous leaders are criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his decision to take a family…