NDP and First Nation groups call for recognition of Indigenous genocide
CALGARY — NDP Indigenous Relations Critic Richard Feehan and Indigenous organizations and advocates came together Wednesday to call on the UCP government to include Indigenous…
CALGARY — NDP Indigenous Relations Critic Richard Feehan and Indigenous organizations and advocates came together Wednesday to call on the UCP government to include Indigenous…
(November 2020) – A national coalition is calling on the government of Canada to exonerate Louis Riel who was hanged for treason on November 16,…
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Happy Metis Settlements Proclamation Day from Alberta Native News! On October 30, 2020 the Metis Settlements…
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A proposed K-4 social studies curriculum update from a government-appointed panel is being condemned by Indigenous…
(ANNews) – October 19, 2020, AmiskWaciwaskahikan (Edmonton, AB): In September 2020, the Sipekne’katik First Nation launched its own fishery, with the hopes of collecting data…
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On September 28, 2020, 37-year old Indigenous mother of seven, Joyce Echaquan, died at the Joliette…
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Violence occurred at an anti-racism rally in Red Deer on Sunday September 20, 2020. Organizers say…
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Canada now officially and formally recognizes residential schools as a dark and defining event in Canadian…
By The Coalition for Rights of Indigenous Peoples (September 2020) – The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was adopted by the…
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation (AIOC) announced on September 9, 2020 that it has provided a…