Kapawe’no First Nation confirms painful truths at former Grouard Mission site
March 1, 2022 (Kapawe’no First Nation, Treaty 8) – The painful results of ground penetrating radar (GPR) and specialized drone to identify anomalies that have…
Indigenous Rights
In new report First Nations urge BC to grant them control of mining in Indigenous territory
By Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – In an effort to proactively reclaim sovereignty over their territories in British Columbia, the BC First Nations Energy and Mining…
First Nation leaders say BC implementation of UNDRIP is too slow
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – It has been two years since British Columbia passed legislation requiring the government to align the…
Walk a Mile in A Ribbon Skirt movement grows in Edmonton
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Walk a Mile in a Ribbon Skirt is a grassroots movement to educate Canadians on…
Long Plain First Nation and Canada settle century old land dispute
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A century-old land dispute between Canada and the Long Plain First Nation has finally reached a…
Ontario academic looks at history of forced sterilization of Indigenous women
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – An academic at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., has been researching the forced sterilization of…
RCMP clashes with Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Last Friday, the RCMP forcibly entered an Indigenous resistance camp in B.C. that opposed the construction…
Blood Tribe ‘cows and ploughs’ settlement could face more delays
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Ottawa is reportedly postponing paying a $150-million Treaty Entitlement Cattle Specific Claim to the Blood Tribe,…
The True Cost of Replacing the RCMP in Alberta
By Rob Houle, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On October 29, 2021, the Minister of Justice, Kaycee Madu, unveiled the results of a government…
Federal Court of Canada upholds CHRT ruling to compensate First Nation children
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Late last month, the Federal Court of Canada announced their decision to uphold a 2019 Canadian…