3NE celebrates completion of remote community solar farm in Fort Chipewyan
(Fort Chipewyan) -Three Nations Energy GP Inc. (3NE) is celebrating completion of their 2.2 MW DC solar farm in Fort Chipewyan Alberta – on time…
Environment
Trans Mountain re-route report submitted to Canada Energy Regulator
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Trans-mountain pipeline has submitted an application to the Canada Energy Regulator to see if the…
First Nations and environmental groups call for immediate actions to protect boreal caribou
CALGARY – The Alberta Wilderness Association, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN), Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN), David Suzuki Foundation and Ecojustice say a recent agreement…
Alberta Native News has openings for part-time Indigenous Issues Reporters
(ANNews) – Alberta Native News is pleased to announce we are hiring part-time reporters beginning as early as October 2020. This is a 6-month contract…
Feature artist for July 2020: Linus Woods
(ANNews) – The haunting image on the cover of the July 2020 edition of Alberta Native News is entitled “Save the Planet” by Linus Woods,…
Indigenous oil companies and the Site Rehabilitation Program
Editor’s note: This article was updated on July 21, 2020 to reflect that the funding for this project came entirely from a Federal government program. …
Joint agreement reached for continual improvements to Indigenous monitoring on the TMX project
(July 8, 2020) – The Canada Energy Regulator (CER), Trans Mountain Corporation (TMC) and the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee for the Trans Mountain Expansion…
Pipeline breach spills crude oil in Abbotsford BC
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – On Saturday June 13, 2020 the Trans Mountain pipeline in Abbotsford, BC spilled an estimated 150,000 litres of crude oil…
Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation Awarded UN Equator Prize For Protecting National Park
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – At the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Congress on Thursday, June 4th, 2020, the UNDP awarded Łutsël K’é…
Social distancing will limit pipeline protests, says Alberta’s Energy Minister – “Let’s get it built”
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – On May 22, 2020 Alberta’s Energy Minister Sonya Savage spoke about the COVID-19 pandemic’s positive effect on Alberta’s Energy Sector;…