Xavier Kataquapit: Happy New Year 2022
by Xavier Kataquapit (www.underthenorthernsky.com) – We are getting ready to wish each other a happy new year 2022. We have been through and are still going…
Social Issues
Maskwacis Nations host 9th Annual Candy Cane Lane Charity Checkstop
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The four Nations of Maskwacis rotate the duties of their annual Christmas Candy Cane Charity Checkstop….
Walk a Mile in A Ribbon Skirt movement grows in Edmonton
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Walk a Mile in a Ribbon Skirt is a grassroots movement to educate Canadians on…
Winter Blues? More common than you think.
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In Canada, as the days get darker, colder and shorter you more than likely feel the…
Poverty report charts path out of COVID for marginalized groups
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The newly-released 2021 report from the National Advisory Council on Poverty shows a significant decrease in…
Boyle Street secures new Edmonton downtown community centre location
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Boyle Street Community Services has announced that it will be relocating to a new building downtown. …
Employment Opportunity: Executive Director Ambrose Place
Job Title: Executive Director Position Summary Niginan Housing Ventures is seeking an Executive Director of Ambrose Place in Edmonton. The Executive Director is responsible for…
Political strategist Jacqueline Biollo explores her lost connection to her Indigenous ancestry
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Jacqueline Biollo is a mover and shaker in Alberta but also on a human level she…
REPORT: Incarceration rates for Canadians drop while Indigenous incarceration rates rise
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter “Over-representation of Indigenous people in correctional settings remains one of Canada’s most pressing human rights issues, and is…
Pan Canadian Voice for Women’s Housing develop six calls to actions
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – This year’s National Housing Day – held on November 22 – was more important than ever…