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…
Social Issues
Edmonton Police show inhumane treatment of vulnerable people during freezing cold weather
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Edmonton Police Services made headlines this week when officers kicked homeless citizens out into the street…
First Nation Company assists with facemask donations across Western Treaty 6 Territory
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Saddle Lake Smoke-Eaters LP, an on-reserve company in Saddle Lake Cree Nation, recently donated 120,000 facemasks…
Edmonton Police Service joins Boyle Street Community in a new Collaborative HELP Unit
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On January 5, 2020 the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) began a new initiative: The Human-centred Engagement…
Okâwîmâwaskiy (Mother Earth’s) willow tree: Its role in ceremony, healing, and rebirth
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Below ground level, the nîpisîy mistik (willow tree) unites all roots systems as it holds hands…
Sisters in Spirit pays homage to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Canada
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – This past October 4th was Sister in Spirit Day, which was created in order to bring…
COVID Community Roots Program providing funding across rural Alberta
(ANNews) – Alberta Blue Cross is calling on organizations across rural Alberta that are serving their communities through the pandemic to apply for grant funding through…
The outrageous treatment of Joyce Echaquan shows Canada’s systemic racism – again
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…
New Indigenous youth housing teams to support Edmonton youth at risk
By Jasmine Salazar (ANNews) – In Edmonton, 5% of the total population identify as Indigenous, according to a Stats Canada 2016 Edmonton Census. However despite…
New film documents the success of Friendship Centres in Alberta
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – A new documentary short entitled “Rise up: Take a Stand” has recently been finished and is available free for online…