Lynn Beyak dodges calls for expulsion by resigning from the Senate
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Lynn Beyak, a senator who known for holding and preaching racist beliefs about Indigenous people, is…
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Chief Tony Alexis criticizes Alberta’s vaccine roll out
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Alexis Nakota Sioux Chief Tony Alexis is criticizing the roll out of vaccines in Alberta. In…
Albertans for Ethical Drug Policy call on government to re-open Lethbridge SCS
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A coalition promoting harm reduction policies to manage the opioid poisoning crisis is calling on the…
First Nations seek to intervene in court challenge of coal policy removal
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Bearspaw, Ermineskin and Whitefish First Nations are among those looking to intervene in a court…
Okimaw Vernon Watchmaker is the new Grand Chief of Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On January 7, 2021 the Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 First Nations announced that it has appointed Okimaw…
Parks Canada submits plan to save Wood Buffalo National Park’s heritage status
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Wood Buffalo National Park is at risk of losing its National Heritage Status. The 44,000-square-kilometre park…
‘It lets us down all over again’ says advocate on delay of advice on MMIWG inquiry’s Calls for Justice
By Shari Narine, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com (Jan. 5, 2021) – Indigenous families and friends of murdered and missing women and girls will have…
Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations sign protocol agreement with Alberta
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Alberta Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations – which represents sixteen First Nations within the…
AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde announces that he will not seek re-election at the end of his term this summer
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter (ANNews) – The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), the country’s most powerful Indigenous advocacy…
Senator Murray Sinclair announces his retirement from the Senate to focus on mentoring
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Senator Murray Sinclair, the first Indigenous judge to serve on the bench in Manitoba and only…