Metis woman welcomes Syrian refugee into her home
By Terry Lusty (ANNews) – It takes a very special person to take in people and care for them, one after another after another. Take…
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Wabasca-Desmarais student nominated for Indigenous Shining Student Award
(May, 2016) – Northland School Division No.61 (NSD) recently announced that Wabasca-Desmarais student Chantelle Manybears has been nominated for the Indigenous Shining Student Award. This…
Indigenous Youth Leadership Conference coming to Bent Arrow Society in YEG: May 11
by John Copley (ANNews) – There’s an exciting inner-city youth conference taking place next month and it may be the one you just don’t want…
First Nation students from Saskatchewan head to the Spelling Bee Nationals
by John Copley (ANNews) – Believe and achieve: those are the words that provided the theme for the first ever First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee…
UAlberta Industrial Design student nabs first provincial Indigenous Graduate Award
(Edmonton) – Aboriginal fashion designer and Arts student Derek Jagodzinsky (’10 BDes) has been awarded the first ever Indigenous Graduate Award, a newly-established $15,000 Government…
BBMA celebrates 15 years – Metis scholarship application deadline is March 31
by Theresa Majeran (Edmonton) – 2016 marks the 15th anniversary for the Belcourt Brosseau Métis Awards (BBMA) program. Its success has been remarkable. This year…
Local women to compete in Mrs. Globe Canada Pageant in Regina: April 1 – 2
by John Copley (ANNews) – The 2016 Mrs. Canada Globe Pageant will take place at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan on April 1-2, 2016….
TRC Commissioners to receive 2016 Calgary Peace Prize from Mount Royal University
Members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Dr. Marie Wilson and Chief Wilton Littlechild, will receive the 2016…
Community leader Cory Nicotine receives accolades for innovative youth work
by John Copley They say good things come in sets of three and that’s just the way it has happened for 26 year old Cory Nicotine….
Feature artist for Jan. 2016: Christi Belcourt
by John Copley (ANNews) – Her name is Christi Belcourt. She was born in Scarborough, Ontario in 1966. She’s a woman with one face, but…