Indigenous Writers Circle connects Indigenous writers with mentors
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The inaugural Audible Indigenous Writers Circle is underway, with 15 Indigenous participants from across the country…
Role Models
Grace Auger is among the new judges appointed in Alberta
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, Kaycee Madu, has appointed eight new judges to the Alberta…
Alberta men walking to Ottawa to raise awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Two Alberta men are walking to Ottawa to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women…
MRU honours Blackfoot Elder Miiksika’am
(Calgary) – At an outdoor drive-in style Convocation ceremony tomorrow (Tuesday, June 8) at 10 a.m. with graduates from the child studies, education, health and physical education and social work majors in…
Alberta Native News has openings for part time Indigenous Issues Reporters
(ANNews) – Alberta Native News is pleased to announce we are hiring part-time reporters beginning as early as June 7,2021. This is a 6-month contract…
AU learner a shining star in the nursing community
(April 2021) – Athabasca University (AU) learner Melissa Stevenson was the October 2020 featured nurse of the Indigenous Nurses Association of Canada Nominate a Nurse…
Simon Wiesenthal Center Highlights Two Native American Soldiers in Honour of 76th Anniversary of Liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp
by Simon Wiesenthal Center Staff (April 27, 2021) – In commemoration of the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp by American…
Esquao Awards will return this year on May 21
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Institute for Advancement of Aboriginal Women is bringing its Esquao Annual Awards Gala back from…
Knowledge Keeper Doreen Starr – An Acahkos Angel
By Dale Ladouceur, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Knowledge Keeper Doreen Starr is a soft-spoken angel. Describing the elder this way may cause her…
Feature artist for February 2021: Jesse Gouchey
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The art on the cover of this month’s Alberta Native News is by Jesse Gouchey, a…