Devon Councillor Mike Hanly draws from the past and looks to the future
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – During its third annual Treaty 6 Day celebration, the town of Devon reaffirmed its unwavering commitment…
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Xavier Kataquapit: Kitchi-Meegwetch Wab Kinew
by Xavier Kataquapit (Under the Northern Sky) – I am feeling a little better about the state of democracy these days thanks to the election…
Bigstone Cree Nation Former Chief Gordon Auger leads with passion and courage
by Kinnukana, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Gordon Thomas Auger, Bigstone Cree Nation member is a strong leader, who speaks his mind and is…
Boyle Street Community Services hosts healing round dance as they leave their home location
By Deena Goodrunning, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In the heart of Edmonton just as the first breaths of autumn began to be exhaled…
NCTR condemns wave of residential school denialism
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The head of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) says residential school denialism promulgated…
Wab Kinew makes history as Manitoba’s new premier
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On Oct. 3, Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew became the first member of a First Nation…
Pacey Dumas loses bid to prosecute police officer who kicked him in the head
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A second effort to prosecute an Edmonton police officer who kicked an Indigenous teenager in the…
Indigenous environmentalists slam AER, federal inaction over the Kearl Mine leakage
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous climate advocates are harshly criticizing an Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) report into Imperial Oil’s Kearl…
Symposium asks Investigators Of Unmarked Graves At Residential Schools To Work Together Across Canada
by Kinnukana, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Acimowin Opaspiw Society (AOS) Investigation Methodologies National Symposium took place on September 26-28, 2023, at the…
Orange Shirt Day Society unveils new design
by Matthew Levine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Three years ago on the 30th of September, the federal government established National Truth and Reconciliation…