Canmore mountain peak officially drops offensive name
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A Canmore mountain peak is now officially going by its original Stoney Nakoda name of Anû…
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Feds offer support to First Nations amidst Delta surge
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In the span of one month, COVID cases have increased by 420 per cent in First…
Indigenous Elders host pipe ceremony at Calgary residential school memorial
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous Elders hosted an Aug. 26 pipe ceremony to bless a memorial to the children who…
Bear Clan Patrol, G4 co-host downtown Calgary vaccination clinic
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Calgary’s Bear Clan Patrol and the G4 First Nations co-hosted an outdoor vaccination clinic at Shaw…
Piikani Nation to search four sites of four residential schools
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Piikani First Nation is beginning the process of searching the sites of four former residential…
No on-reserve voting for October referenda, senate elections
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous people won’t be able to vote on reserve in the upcoming plebiscites and senate elections…
Feds officially kill Grassy Mine Coal Project
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The federal government has officially put a nail in the coffin of the contentious Grassy Mountain…
CAP calls for accountability five years after Colten Boushie killing
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On Aug. 9 – the fifth anniversary of Colten Boushie’s death – the Congress of Aboriginal…
West Edmonton Mall is hosting the opening of Alberta Indigenous Games: August 12
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The 2021 Alberta Indigenous Games (AIG) kick off Aug. 12 at the West Edmonton Mall’s Ice…
Catholic Church spent millions meant for residential school survivors privately: Report
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Roman Catholic Church has spent millions of dollars intended to compensate residential school survivors on…