Get fully protected – get immunized against influenza and COVID-19
(November 2021) – Alberta’s 2021/22 influenza immunization program has started, offering influenza vaccine to all Albertan six months of age and older. More than 19…
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Drew Hayden Taylor presents Indigenous Views of the Future with new title “Me Tomorrow”
Reviewed by Rob Houle, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Beginning with first glance at the cover of Me Tomorrow: Indigenous Views of the Future,…
ICC turns down lawyers’ request to investigate residential schools
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A Red Deer-based lawyer who helped bring forward a request for the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
Provincial government funding lawsuit against federal tanker ban
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The UCP government is bankrolling two Métis groups’ lawsuit against the federal Liberals’ oil tanker ban…
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,…
FSIN and PAGC call for intervention of the Prince Albert Police Force following third in-custody death
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On November 8, 2021 the Prince Albert Police Department (PAPS) announced their third in-custody death within…
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…
Xavier Kataquapit: We shall remember
by Xavier Kataquapit (Underthenorthernsky.com) – Every year many of us gather at the local city and town cenotaphs to remember the sacrifice of the men…
Indigenous lawsuit seeks damages from B.C. for disproportionate birth alerts
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A class-action lawsuit has been filed in B.C. seeking reparations for the province’s birth alert practice…
Construction is set to begin on Edmonton’s First Urban Indigenous Cultural Site
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Earlier this month, the city of Edmonton announced that construction of Canada’s first-ever urban Indigenous cultural…