AHS changes its contact tracing protocol – asks Albertans to notify their own close contacts
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Alberta is seeing a sustained record number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the province daily, and with each case…
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Métis leaders in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan address racism in healthcare
(Ottawa) – Leaders from the Métis Nation of Ontario, Métis Nation – Saskatchewan and the Métis Nation of Alberta joined other Métis, First Nations and…
COVID Community Roots Program providing funding across rural Alberta
(ANNews) – Alberta Blue Cross is calling on organizations across rural Alberta that are serving their communities through the pandemic to apply for grant funding through…
FNHMA to host a virtual celebration of First Nation health managers: November 4
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – With the second COVID wave on the horizon, the First Nations Health Manager Association is hosting…
The outrageous treatment of Joyce Echaquan shows Canada’s systemic racism – again
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On September 28, 2020, 37-year old Indigenous mother of seven, Joyce Echaquan, died at the Joliette…
FNHMA resumes weekly Covid related Virtual Town Hall sessions this fall for 12 more weeks
(ANNEws) – The First Nations Health Managers Association (FNHMA) will be continuing production of the weekly virtual Town Hall and will return Thursday September 24, 2020…
AHS Indigenous Cancer Strategy: Reconciliation to Reconcili-action
by Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Once upon a time, when iceboxes were dirt dugouts, before beaver felt hats were turning the…
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…
Canada consents to certification of national class action (and mediation) involving First Nations child and family services
(Ottawa, ON) – National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) welcomes Canada’s agreement to the certification of a national class action…
Federal government expands COVID support funding for Indigenous Peoples
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – On August 12, 2020 Minister of Indigenous Services, Marc Miller, announced an additional $305 million to support Indigenous Peoples during…