Feature artist for May 2024: Jessica Desmoulin
By Terry Lusty, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The beautiful art on the cover of the May 2024 edition of Alberta Native News is…
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Inuvialuit Day Celebrations celebrate 40 years since the signing of the IFA
by Deena Goodrunning, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Inuvialuit Final Agreement was signed on June 5, 1984 between the Government of Canada and…
New report details Indigenous youth’s climate solutions
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Young Indigenous people are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis, but their voices are often excluded…
Beauty Queen spotlights the beauty of Indigenous culture and peoples
By Deena Goodrunning, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous beauty shines everywhere on Turtle Island, and one example of a shining Indigenous beauty is…
Indigenous creators tell their stories on TikTok
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – There aren’t many other Inuit people where Braden Kadlun resides. He moved to Calgary a couple…
Feature artist for April 2024: Linus Woods
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The fabulous image on the April cover of Alberta Native News is by acclaimed artist Linus…
ISU offers services to Indigenous students at UAlberta
By Deena Goodrunning, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Indigenous Students’ Union (ISU) is a student group at the University of Alberta that advocates…
Convicted murderer Robert Pickton dies in prison but questions remain
By Terry Lusty, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – One of Canada’s most notorious serial killers is gone. Permanently! On May 31st, the 74-year-old ‘pig…
Connecting Indigenous entrepreneurship with cultural rejuvenation
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In the vast expanses of Southern Alberta, amidst the ancestral territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, J….
Providing menstrual products to northern communities
By Regan Treewater, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – When career Registered Social Worker, Nicole White read a news-article one day back in early 2017,…