Dr. Alika Lafontaine elected as 2021 CMA president-elect nominee
(ANNews) – Canadian Medical Association (CMA) members in Alberta have voted Dr. Alika Lafontaine as a nominee for CMA president in 2022–23. Dr. Lafontaine is…
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Documenting the impact of an innovative housing initiative to support youth aging out of foster care
(Edmonton) – A team of MacEwan University scholars is partnering with NiGiNan Housing Ventures to help document a new approach to address homelessness among Indigenous…
Knowledge Keeper Doreen Starr – An Acahkos Angel
By Dale Ladouceur, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Knowledge Keeper Doreen Starr is a soft-spoken angel. Describing the elder this way may cause her…
Alberta announces vaccine rollout – Seniors age 75+ can book their shots starting Feb. 24
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On Feb. 19, the Alberta Government announced that 46,800 doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be…
Provinces are reminded to consider urban Indigenous residents as priorities for vaccine roll-out
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On February 11, 2021 Jocelyn Formsma, Executive Director of the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC),…
COVID-19’s impact on First Nation businesses, taxes and reporting
By Rob Picton, CA, CPA (ANNews) – Our previous article from the April 2018 edition of Alberta Native News outlined the complexity arising when Canada’s…
First Nation Company assists with facemask donations across Western Treaty 6 Territory
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Saddle Lake Smoke-Eaters LP, an on-reserve company in Saddle Lake Cree Nation, recently donated 120,000 facemasks…
Alberta expands self-isolation hotel initiative to include First Nations and rural communities
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – All Albertans, including First Nations living on and off reserve, are now eligible to receive financial…
Despite vaccine shortages, Alberta will ease COVID restrictions on restaurants, gyms and kids’ sports
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – For the next four weeks, Canada’s vaccine deliveries will be cut in half with up to…
Grassy Mountain debate pits band leadership against people
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – While opposition continues to mount against the controversial Grassy Mountain coal project that will create open-pit…