Athabasca University honours Metis Elder, Educator and Photo Journalist Terry Lusty
(ANNews) – Terry Lusty, a prominent Métis elder and advocate, always regretted that he was unable to complete graduate-level university courses and earn a PhD…
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2021 Canada Day events include solidarity marches and “Every Child Matters” rallies
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Canada Day 2021 will forever be an historic day in Canada as the brutal and genocidal…
Alberta trustees remove the name ‘Grandin’ from schools in Edmonton, Calgary and St. Albert
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The recent discoveries of multiple unmarked graves at former residential school sites in Canada has many…
Saddle Lake and Cold Lake First Nations get a boost in broadband funding
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On June 28, 2021 it was announced that the governments of Canada and Alberta would be…
RCMP are investigating Catholic Church fires in Alberta and BC
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Catholic Churches on First Nations across Western Canada are being threatened as two more churches in…
Municipality of Jasper celebrates PRIDE with pride
by Dale Ladouceur, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Earlier this week I pulled in to the Municipality of Jasper, Alberta to cover the painting…
Calls to #CancelCanadaDay reverbate
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Instead of regular Canada Day celebrations, First Nations are calling on settlers to use the opportunity…
Treaty 8 Nations call for gov’t and churches to release all records to assist the search
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – As some Canadians plan to celebrate Canada Day this year as normal, First Nations and their…
Horrifying discoveries of unmarked graves demands urgent action from allies
(ANNews) – Just weeks after the horrifying revelation that the remains of 215 children were found in an unmarked grave at an Indian Residential School…
Feature artist for June 2021: Karen Erickson
By Dale Ladouceur, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Karen Erickson is a Metis, Cree artist, currently living in Prince George. In art, she has…