Charges dropped against Indigenous journalist in Edmonton
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A criminal charge faced by Indigenous journalist Brandi Morin for reporting on Edmonton police’s teardown of…
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New reconciliation report focuses on improving mental wellness for Indigenous youth
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A new report from global consulting firm Deloitte details recommendations on how to improve mental health…
Supreme Court approves federal Indigenous child welfare legislation
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous leaders expressed relief in early February when the Supreme Court of Canada upheld Bill C-92,…
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,…
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…