Native Counselling Service of Alberta urges bear spray restrictions
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA) is calling for enhanced restrictions on the sale of bear spray, a position echoed…
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Louis Bull Tribe signs child welfare agreement with the feds
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Louis Bull Tribe has signed a two-year agreement with the federal government allowing the First Nation…
Two Metis judges appointed to Alberta provincial court
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – Two Metis Nation members were among five judges appointed to Alberta’s provincial court on Feb. 10. Lionel R.R. Chartrand received…
Infamous Native Clothing featured in permanent display at Red Deer MAG
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Infamous Native Clothing is now on permanent display at Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)….
Alberta lawyers uphold mandatory Indigenous cultural competency training
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – By a wide margin, the Law Society of Alberta has upheld a rule allowing it to impose mandatory professional development…
Star Blanket Cree Nation finds 2,000 anomalies at former residential school
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – Star Blanket Cree Nation in Saskatchewan has found 2,000 anomalies through ground penetrating radar at the site of the former…
Indigenous journalist Creeson Agecoutay offers advice on transitioning to urban life
By Chevi Rabbit (ANNews) – The rising rental costs, inflation, and overall cost of living can be hard for Indigenous people. Transitioning from a rural…
Upper Deck releases set of 8 Indigenous player hockey cards
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – Leading trading card manufacturer Upper Deck has released a “First Peoples Rookie Card Set,” featuring eight Indigenous hockey players who…
Controversial Calgary lecturer shut down at University of Lethbridge
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – Hundreds of University of Lethbridge students protested a scheduled talk from a former Mount Royal University (MRU) professor who has…
400 active lawyers respond to anti-Indigenous cultural training petition
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – A group of 400 active Alberta lawyers has written a letter to the provincial law society in support of its…