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…
Environment
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…
Northern Alberta Indigenous communities submit land-use report for woodland caribou conservation
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – While there’s been much attention on disputes between First Nations and Métis communities over federal legislation…
Another leak reported from Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam is reiterating his call for federal intervention against the…
Captivating textile art exhibit depicts devastating changes to traditional landmarks
By Kinnukana, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On October 12, 2023, Heather Shillinglaw, mixed-media artist of Appetogasan, Cree/Dene, Salteaux Chipewyan and Scottish/French heritage launched…
Indigenous environmentalists slam AER, federal inaction over the Kearl Mine leakage
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous climate advocates are harshly criticizing an Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) report into Imperial Oil’s Kearl…
Critical Indigenous voices address Carbon Capture Canada conference
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Carbon Capture Canada conference was held on Sept. 12 and 13 at the Edmonton Convention…