Thelma Chalifoux was a Metis role model and lifetime activist
by Clint Buehler EDMONTON – Thelma Chalifoux, a high-profile member of Alberta’s Metis and Indigenous community and once a Canadian senator died with friends and…
by Clint Buehler EDMONTON – Thelma Chalifoux, a high-profile member of Alberta’s Metis and Indigenous community and once a Canadian senator died with friends and…
Yellowknife – On October 19, 2017, The Federal Court of Canada held that the North Slave Métis Alliance (NSMA) was not adequately consulted by Canada respecting…
by John Copley (ANNews) – On Saturday, September 23, 2017 the Belcourt Brosseau Métis Awards (BBMA) initiative celebrated yet another milestone and for the 16th…
(October 2017) – In an historic first, a provincial government building has been named for an Indigenous woman – longtime Alberta human rights advocate Muriel…
(October, 2017) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde says Canada’s agreement in principle announced on October 6, 2017 to compensate survivors of…
By Terry Lusty (ANNews) – The overwhelming number of delegates to the inaugural National Gathering of Elders said it all. Well over 4000 individuals converged…
By John Copley (ANNews) – Last December Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada would be co-developing an Indigenous Languages Act to preserve, protect and…
(Sept. 25, 2017) – Today the Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre, Robert Falcon Ouellette during Members Statements in the House of Commons addressed the passing…
(ANNews) – Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde was in New York City on September 13, 2017 to gift a traditional Eagle Staff…
(September 13, 2017) – Indigenous Relations Minister Richard Feehan issued the following statement celebrating the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights…