May 5: Red Dress Day honours the memory of missing and murdered Indigenous women
By Matthew Levine (ANNews) – May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for the prevention of violence against Indigenous women and others, also known…
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Speaking Out: Open Season on Indigenous People in Edmonton
By Rob Houle, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter **This article deals with topics that may be traumatic to readers. It deals with problematic events and systemic…
Crown declines ASIRT recommendation to lay charges against police officer
By Jeremy Appel Editor’s note: The details in this article are disturbing. (ANNews) – Alberta Crown prosecutors have declined to press charges against an Edmonton…
Doctrine of Discovery rejection could have major implications for Canadian case law
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Vatican’s announcement in March that it’s repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery that was used to…
Winnipeg hosts huge Indigenous tourism conference
By Terry Lusty, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous tourism is an expanding and all-encompassing industry. That was the message from conference organizers, presenters…
shíshálh Nation finds dozens of unmarked graves at site of St. Augustine’s Residential School
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The shíshálh Nation located on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast has discovered what could be 40 unmarked graves…
Building Metis connections through ice-fishing, language and togetherness
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – I wholeheartedly swear I ate like a queen in Lac La Biche during the weekend of…
Commons testimony on Kearl leak raises questions: ACFN Chief
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – First Nations chiefs in northwestern Alberta whose lands and waters were impacted by an Imperial Oil…
Official hate crime statistics don’t account for level of anti-Indigenous hate
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Statistics Canada has released its hate crime data for 2021, which shows an increase in police-reported…
ImagiNATIVE program helps Indigenous filmmakers develop their visions
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The ImagiNATIVE initiative is giving young Indigenous filmmakers the resources to bring their projects to fruition. The ImagiNATIVE…