Métis hunters’ killer offered temporary unsupervised leave from prison sentence
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – One of two men convicted of killing Métis hunters Jacob Sansom and Maurice Cardinal in Glendon,…
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Blue Quills University receives $2-million grant for Indigenous teacher training
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A Treaty 6-based Indigenous university has received a $2-million grant from the Rideau Hall Foundation as…
Press freedom advocates call for Edmonton police to drop charges against journalist Brandi Morin
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Press freedom advocates joined together on Jan. 29 to call for the dropping of criminal charges…
Acimowin Opaspiw Society says police refusing to investigate Saddle Lake mass graves
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A year after announcing the discovery of undocumented mass graves at the former Blue Quills Residential…
Canada and Nunavut sign long-awaited devolution agreement
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) -At a Jan. 18 Iqaluit ceremony, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok and Nunavut Tunngavik…
Wîhkwêntôwin is the new name of largest Edmonton neighbourhood
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The new name of Edmonton’s Oliver neighbourhood was revealed on Jan. 23 at a venue that…
City council declares housing and homelessness an emergency
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In the wake of the city’s new year homeless encampment sweep, Edmonton city council held a…
Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation opens Chief Aranazhi School
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation held the grand opening for the new Chief Aranazhi School on Jan….
Edmonton police arrest Indigenous journalist as encampment sweep turns violent
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Edmonton police completed their new year sweep of eight “high-risk” homeless encampments as the wind chill…
Piikani Nation declares state of emergency over fatal opioid poisonings
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The chief of Piikani Nation in southern Alberta has declared a state of emergency after four…