Where is the diversity on Alberta’s curriculum review panel?
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – On August 13, 2020 Alberta’s NDP critic for women and LGBTQ Issues Janis Irwin called for the inclusion of more…
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Cuts to environmental monitoring budget in Alberta’s oilsands are viewed as reckless
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – The Canadian Federal Government and the Alberta Provincial Government have agreed to make major budget cuts to environmental monitoring in…
New St. Albert transit centre gets a Cree name – nakî
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – The $30 million facility previously known as the Campbell Road Park and Ride Transit Centre in St. Albert, Alberta, will…
Alberta’s school reentry plan now includes masks for students Grade 4 and up. Is it enough to open safely?
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Government of Alberta has announced that it will be mandatory for Grade 4 to 12…
Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation announces inaugural Chief Executive Officer
(CALGARY-Alberta) — The Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation’s (AIOC) Board of Directors has appointed Alicia Dubois to Chief Executive Officer of the AIOC effective September 1,…
Decriminalizing Illegal Drugs in Canada
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) is asking federal lawmakers to decriminalize possession of illegal drugs for personal,…
Joint agreement reached for continual improvements to Indigenous monitoring on the TMX project
(July 8, 2020) – The Canada Energy Regulator (CER), Trans Mountain Corporation (TMC) and the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee for the Trans Mountain Expansion…
Treaty Eight Chiefs join the call for Premier Kenney to fire his racist speechwriter
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Edmonton Rutherford MLA Richard Feehan, Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey, President of the 60’s scoop Indigenous society of Alberta…
Everything you need to know about Alberta’s Bill 1
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Earlier this year, the world saw a David and Goliath battle happening in Wet’suwet’en between its Indigenous inhabitants and Big…
Top RCMP officials deny existence of systemic racism
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Things are getting scary here in Canada. The political upheaval that the United States is going through is slowly creeping…