Under the Northern Sky: A great year to get sober
by Xavier Kataquapit (January 2020) – Maybe 2020 would be a good year to get sober. If you think you have a drug or alcohol…
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Alberta Native Friendship Centres host an amazing Youth and Elders Gathering in Jasper
By Terry Lusty (ANNews) – Twenty-two years have passed since its origins in 1997, and the annual Youth and Elders Gathering at the Palisades Centre…
Xavier Kataquapit: For the love of language
by Xavier Kataquapit (August 20, 2019) – Most of the time we take the language we speak for granted. We were brought up speaking one…
St. Albert honours MMIW before celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day
by John Copley (ANNews) – On Sunday, June 23, St. Albert’s Lions Park was once again filled with National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD) celebrants, marchers…
Student Reconciliation Walk gives hope for the future
By Regan Treewater (Edmonton) – ‘Reconciliation’ should be a word at the forefront of every Canadian’s consciousness – but nowhere is this focus on understanding…
BGCBigs is recruiting mentors – to make a positive difference in the life of a child
by John Copley (ANNews) – Today we live in a complex world where permanent employment isn’t always available, where single parent families struggle to make…
Xavier Kataquapit: Summer Time Blues
by Xavier Kataquapit (July 2019) – Like that old song says “there aint no cure for the summer time blues”. I remember very well what…
Kuby Renewable Energy: Building a better future with solar power
by John Copley (ANNews) – They say good things come in small packages and that may be true when you’re talking about a birthday or…
Métis Spring Festival gets bigger and better each year
by John Copley (St. Albert) – The annual Métis Spring Festival took place May 17-19 this year when thousands of spectators joined the hundreds of…
Amiskwaciy Academy highlights achievements of 14 new graduates
by John Copley On Thursday June 6, 2019 graduating students at Amiskwaciy Academy in Edmonton gathered in the Edmonton Inn’s Wild Rose Ballroom with their peers,…