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…
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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…
Alberta Covid infection cases surge following the holiday weekend
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – There is no doubt that Canada is currently is being hit by the third wave of…
FNHMA podcast promotes vaccine confidence and urges people to maintain safety protocols
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Kim Daly, Senior Nurse Manager of the Communicable Disease Control Department at Indigenous Services Canada (ISC),…
COVID study shows that more mental health supports are needed on First Nations
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A new report by a committee of MPs — who spent the past year studying the…
Study shows that Indigenous Canadians are 5 to 17 more likely to die in a fire
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A new study by Statistics Canada, commissioned by the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council Project (NIFSC)…
Ottawa refutes Jordan’s Principle eligibility
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous children’s advocates are outraged that on March 12, the Government of Canada filed its written…
In BC vaccine clinics are open to all Indigenous people 55+
(ANNews) – On Saturday, March 20, all Indigenous people living in BC aged 55 or older are eligible to register for a COVID-19 first-dose vaccination….
Vaccination roll-out continues but rising infection rate postpones Phase 3 relaunch
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – It’s been over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic started and the world is still navigating…