The Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton is hiring an Indigenous Community Liaison
The Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (SACE) is hiring an Indigenous Community Liaison to join their team! This is a full-time position focused on relationship…
Health
Canada adds 5 years to clean drinking water promise
By Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Canada will take several more years to end all long-term drinking-water advisories in First Nations territories. In 2015, during the…
Montana Tribe gifts COVID-19 vaccines to its neighbours in Southern Alberta
By Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Over the past two weeks, The Aamskapi’Piikuni Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana has been providing vaccines to the Blackfeet nation…
Alberta announces new restrictions to ‘stop the spike’ and expands eligibility for vaccinations
by Jake Cardinal (May 6, 2021) – The third-wave of COVID-19 is sweeping through Alberta. On Wednesday the province clocked 2,271 new cases, breaking the…
MRU launches Bachelor of Social Work degree as Albertans cope with pandemic challenges
(ANNews) – The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed cracks in our society as vulnerable populations face profound challenges involving health, grief, loss, finances, housing and child…
AU learner a shining star in the nursing community
(April 2021) – Athabasca University (AU) learner Melissa Stevenson was the October 2020 featured nurse of the Indigenous Nurses Association of Canada Nominate a Nurse…
RMWB COVID outbreak is unmanageable and Kenny’s derogatory comment is palpable
By Jake Cardinal (April 28, 2021) – Alberta has reached its second highest total of active cases since the pandemic began with 20,938 active cases….
Enoch Cree Nation announces new health measures due to a recent Covid outbreak
By Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Enoch Cree Nation has announced a shutdown of all non-essential services. “Due to a recent outbreak of COVID-19 (including the…
Hospitalization numbers soar to 594 in Alberta but no new restrictions are announced
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – As Canada is experiencing the third wave of COVID-19, Alberta is particularly affected as the daily…
Urban First Nations Vaccination Clinic in Enoch Welcomes All Indigenous People
April 13, 2021 (ENOCH, AB) – Any First Nations, Metis, and Inuit (FNMI) people residing in Edmonton and area who meet medical criteria can receive their…