National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation introduces new website, archive system
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has a new website and archive database designed to…
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Feds say Indigenous leaders ‘eroded public trust’ by criticizing the government
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The federal government is blaming Indigenous leaders, including the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission…
Esquao Awards will return this year on May 21
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Institute for Advancement of Aboriginal Women is bringing its Esquao Annual Awards Gala back from…
Petition calling for a halt to coal mining presented in parliament
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A petition with thousands of signatures from across the country is asking the federal government to…
Metis Settlements General Council criticizes UCP legislation
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The UCP government has proposed a bill that will alter how eight Metis Settlements across Alberta…
Province, feds contribute $13M towards Indigenous housing
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The governments of Canada and Alberta have committed $14.1 million for Indigenous housing projects throughout the…
Provincial NDP critic blasts Alberta budget for Indigenous funding cuts
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The NDP’s Indigenous relations critic says the 2021-22 UCP budget has done nothing to improve the…
Tar sands whistleblower and health advocate Dr. John O’Connor receives award
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Dr. John O’Connor — a Fort Chipewyan physician who revealed high cancer rates in communities downstream…
Alberta puts municipalities, Metis settlements on the hook for 10% of disaster relief costs
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Although this year’s provincial budget includes $2.5 billion in contingency funds for disasters and emergencies, the…
Northwest Edmonton Police Service campus opens with smudging ceremony
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The new Edmonton Police Service northwest campus held a smudging ceremony March 5 to cleanse and…