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…
Social Issues
NAFC launches campaign to tackle COVID-19 misconceptions among urban Indigenous communities
(ANNews) – July marks the launch of a new digital campaign, Take Care in COVID, from the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) to help address COVID-19 myths and misinformation…
Mahikan Trails: What the askîy (land) teaches us about our livelihood
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – The bush and the natural world teach us to be connected to the askîy (land) and everything our ancestors knew…
Edmonton CFL team faces ‘third and long’ to change their name
By Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – In this new decade tensions are high as Black Lives Matter is back in the spotlight after the killing of…
Walking With Our Angels: Saskatchewan’s Indigenous suicide crisis
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – The suicide rate in Indigenous communities has reached epidemic proportions and a young Indigenous man from Saskatchewan is walking and…
Kenney stands by UCP speechwriter who has a history of racist and homophobic articles
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – In 2013, Alberta UCP speechwriter wrote these words in an essay: “A community of people who are willing to give…
New, innovative Indigenous management consulting company launched in Alberta
by Jake Cardinal (Enoch, AB) – WinFire Business Services Ltd. has announced its formal launch of operations. Located in the River Cree Crossing Business Park,…
Indigenous leaders condemn Police actions in death of Chantel Moore
(xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ ilwətaʔɬ/sel̓ ílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)/Vancouver, BC – First Nations leadership across BC is united in calling for a full…
Celebrating the selfless acts of volunteers
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – In this difficult time of isolation and quarantine, it is uplifting to celebrate the selfless acts of volunteers who are…
Additional $75 mil. in Covid-19 relief funds allocated to Off-Reserve Indigenous people
(ANNews) – On May 21, 2020 Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an extra $75 million dollars in funding for off-reserve organizations in order to…