Situation Update: Update 15: Northwest Alberta wildfires (June 5 at 7 p.m.)
(June 5, 2019) – Distribution centres are now open in Edmonton and Calling Lake. Evacuees in Edmonton and Calling Lake were able to get help…
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Leader of Alberta’s opposition Rachel Notley responds to the final report on MMIWG
Statement from Rachel Notley, Leader of Alberta’s NDP Opposition, on the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls:…
Update 13: Northwest Alberta Wildfires – as of June 3 at 7 pm
June 03, 2019 – The following is an update on the Northern Alberta Wildfires as of June 3 at 7 pm. For past and future…
National Inquiry calls for transformative change to eradicate violence against Indigenous women
Gatineau,QC, June 3, 2019– The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root cause behind…
Treaty 8 Grand Chief Denounces Coerced Sterilization of Indigenous Women
Edmonton, Alberta – April 16, 2019 – The Grand Chief of Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta is supporting Chief Allan Adam of Athabasca Chipewyan…
The Indigenous vote could be an Alberta Election Game Changer!
By ANNews Staff (April 2019) – Alexis Nakota Nation Chief Tony Alexis is reminding Indigenous people living in Alberta that the advance polls are open…
NDP say that Jason’s Kenney’s Indigenous Pipeline Promise is broken and unfunded
(NDP Press Release) SLAVE LAKE – One of the few bright spots in Jason Kenney’s Indigenous platform is unfunded in their fiscal plan. In a…
Under the Northern Sky: Opioids Keep Taking Lives
by Xavier Kataquapit (www.underthenorthernsky.com) – I am hearing way too often about wonderful young people right up here in Northern Ontario passing away because they…
Alberta Party releases position paper on Indigenous Rights
(April 2019) – The Alberta Party recently unveiled a number of position papers that describe their platform for the Alberta 2019 Election. Their position paper…
Alberta NDP unveils election platform: Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples
(April 1, 2019) – The Alberta NDP have unveiled their election platform and although the entire platform has relevance for the First Nations, Metis, Inuit…