Yellowknife man begs public for help finding his missing common-law wife Toni Tobac
by Brandi Morin (ANNews) – A Yellowknife father is pleading for help to find his common-law wife Toni Tobac who vanished from the Stollery Children’s…
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Alberta Native News Is Hiring Indigenous Issues Reporters
(ANNews) – Alberta Native News is pleased to announce we are hiring 2 part-time reporters beginning as early as April 2020. This is a 12-month…
St. Albert honours MMIW before celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day
by John Copley (ANNews) – On Sunday, June 23, St. Albert’s Lions Park was once again filled with National Indigenous Peoples Day (NIPD) celebrants, marchers…
Coordinated and Immediate Action Required to End Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls and those at Risk
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde says immediate and sustained action in coordination with First Nations is essential to…
Anishnabek Nation: Final report on MMIWG confirms genocide and must not be ignored
CHIPPEWAS OF GEORGINA ISLAND FIRST NATION (June 5, 2019) – The Anishinabek Nation Chiefs-in-Assembly stand united following the long anticipated release of The National Inquiry’s…
Prime Minister Trudeau: Facing the hardest truths is necessary to addressing them and moving forward
(June 3, 2019) – The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement to welcome the final report from the National Inquiry into Missing…
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:…
Regional Chief Marlene Poitras: The MMIWG final report is a national wake up call
(June 3, 2019) – Today, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released their final report, Reclaiming Power and Place. The…
BC Coalition calls for immediate action in implementing the inquiry’s final report
Algonquin Territory/Gatineau, QC – June 3, 2019) – Violence against Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people continues to devastate families and communities across Turtle Island….
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…