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…
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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…
Everything you need to know about Alberta’s Bill 1
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Earlier this year, the world saw a David and Goliath battle happening in Wet’suwet’en between its Indigenous inhabitants and Big…
Indigenous rights advocates continue to celebrate their sâkihitowin (love) after 73 years of marriage
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – Seventy-three years ago, when marriages were arranged, Elmer Carlson went outside cultural norms and chose to marry a woman that…
Tŝilhqot’in Nation Calls on Canada and the RCMP to take urgent action on systemic racism in policing
Williams Lake, BC (June 10, 2020): The Tŝilhqot’in Nation is urging Canada to take action to address systemic racism, particularly between First Nations and the…
Indigenous leaders condemn Police actions in death of Chantel Moore
(xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ ilwətaʔɬ/sel̓ ílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, BC – First Nations leadership across BC is united in calling for a full…
Social distancing will limit pipeline protests, says Alberta’s Energy Minister – “Let’s get it built”
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – On May 22, 2020 Alberta’s Energy Minister Sonya Savage spoke about the COVID-19 pandemic’s positive effect on Alberta’s Energy Sector;…