AFN announces names of the delegates who will travel to the Vatican
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On November 25, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) released the names and titles of the…
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Catastrophic flooding in BC will have long term detrimental impacts
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Over the past week, a major storm in B.C. has caused catastrophic flooding and mudslides within…
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…
Online resource allows users to view Blackfoot items held in British museums
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A group of Blackfoot researchers have put together a website where people can view Blackfoot artifacts…
Family of Blackfoot man who died in jail last year still don’t know how he died
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The family of a Blackfoot man who died in a Calgary jail still doesn’t know his…
TikTok program helps aspiring Indigenous influencers
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – TikTok is offering a program for Indigenous creators across Turtle Island to learn all the best…
Book Review: From the Spirit of Richard Wagamese
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – “Inhabit what you read. Allow it to fill you. Let the intent of the spirit of…
Book by Indigenous women offers insight into Canadian street gangs
by Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Six Indigenous women, each with a history of a street lifestyle, have co-authored a book with…
Working together to raise awareness and prevent violence against vulnerable people
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – November is Family Violence Prevention month – an important time to raise awareness about this epidemic,…
Telus and AFNCA launch Mobility For Good for Indigenous women at risk
(ANNews) – TELUS has launched a philanthropic pilot project designed to provide smartphones and phone plans to vulnerable, Indigenous women who are at risk or…