Josh Alexis: We are all a part of Mother Earth
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – “Don’t be so in a rush, take your time,” are words of wisdom from Josh Alexis,…
Environment
Indigenous climate advocates say tailings spills study confirms what they already know
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A recently released scientific study on the Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER) poor monitoring of tailings spills…
Cold Lake First Nations chief says he’s ready to defend the federal Impact Assessment Act in court
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – The chief of Cold Lake First Nations says he plans to intervene in the provincial government’s court challenge of the…
Cold Lake First Nations’ concerns about carbon storage hub are still not addressed
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – The chief of Cold Lake First Nations says that none of his concerns with the Pathways Alliance’s proposed carbon storage…
ACFN chief slams AER’s $50K penalty against Imperial Oil for Kearl seepages
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The chief of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) says the $50,000 fine the Alberta Energy Regulator…
New report details Indigenous youth’s climate solutions
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Young Indigenous people are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis, but their voices are often excluded…
Study looks at impact of herbicide on traditional plants in boreal forests
Athabasca University researchers partner with Bigstone Cree Nation to study impact of glyphosate on Labrador tea (AU) – For the past 15 years, Bigstone Cree…
First Nations chiefs ask feds not to claw back $135 million in unspent site rehabilitation funds
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Chiefs representing First Nations from Treaties 6, 7 and 8 joined the Alberta government and a…
Athabasca Chipewyan Nation asks feds to study health effects of tailing pond acids
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) has joined environmentalist groups in calling on the federal government to…
Deloitte releases report on embracing Indigenous nature-based climate solutions
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – If Canada is going to achieve its climate targets, it will have to allow Indigenous Peoples…