Red Deer anti-racism protest erupts in violence by hate group counter protesters
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Violence occurred at an anti-racism rally in Red Deer on Sunday September 20, 2020. Organizers say…
Indigenous Rights
Canada designates two former Indian Residential Schools as National Historical Sites
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Canada now officially and formally recognizes residential schools as a dark and defining event in Canadian…
National implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is urgent
By The Coalition for Rights of Indigenous Peoples (September 2020) – The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by 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…
Employment Opportunity: Indigenous Initiatives Lead
Employment Opportunity: Indigenous Initiatives Lead (1.0 – FTE – Full Time) – Salary Range: $52,000 – $59,000 The Edmonton Heritage Council is currently recruiting for a…
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…
Cuts to environmental monitoring budget in Alberta’s oilsands are viewed as reckless
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – The Canadian Federal Government and the Alberta Provincial Government have agreed to make major budget cuts to environmental monitoring in…
Joint agreement reached for continual improvements to Indigenous monitoring on the TMX project
(July 8, 2020) – The Canada Energy Regulator (CER), Trans Mountain Corporation (TMC) and the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee for the Trans Mountain Expansion…
What happened to Jacob Sansom and Morris Cardinal?
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – The Indigenous way about hunting is always making sure the freezer is stocked and there is enough mîciwin (food) to…
Walking With Our Angels: Saskatchewan’s Indigenous suicide crisis
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – The suicide rate in Indigenous communities has reached epidemic proportions and a young Indigenous man from Saskatchewan is walking and…