UBCIC Calls for Increased Justice, Transparency and Ethics
(Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh)/Vancouver, B.C. – June 21, 2022) Today, on National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs…
Residential Schools
Ottawa appoints special interlocutor for residential school gravesites
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The federal government has appointed Kahnawake lawyer Kimberley Murray as a special interlocutor to assist in…
212 confirmed graves of children at Saddle Lake Cree Nation Residential School
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter WARNING: the following story deals with very graphic imagery and may be triggering to some readers. Please advise….
UN special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples coming to Canada
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A United Nations special rapporteur is planning a trip to Canada to examine human rights abuses…
Marilyn Buffalo calls on Canada’s churches to donate empty churches to Indigenous led organizations
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Pope Francis is expected to visit Canada this summer. No, formal announcement has been made as…
Manitoba announces funding for Residential School healing centres
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On April 4, 2022 the government of Manitoba announced its investment of $500,000 in funding for…
Nechi Institute CEO asks to be moved off site of unmarked graves
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – An addictions treatment training centre in the St. Albert area has asked the federal government for…
Pope Francis issues long awaited apology to the Indigenous peoples of Canada
Following a week of separate talks with 3 delegations of Indigenous people – the First Nations, Inuit and Metis – Pope Francis apologized on April…
RCMP charge Oblate priest for sexual abuse
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Mounties have pressed a new charge against an Oblate priest living in France who faces multiple…
Indigenous delegates tour Vatican collection of artifacts with mixed emotions
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous delegates who traveled to Rome to meet with the Pope and share their experiences were…