Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation hires Amber-Dawn Boudreau
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Amber-Dawn Boudreau, a member of the Red Rock Indian Band, has been announced as the new…
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100’s of jobs for Indigenous job seekers at Maskwacis Virtual Job Fair: March 25
by Jacob Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On Thursday March 25, 2021 Maskwacis Nation is holding a virtual job fair open to any…
Metis Settlements General Council criticizes UCP legislation
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The UCP government has proposed a bill that will alter how eight Metis Settlements across Alberta…
Explore Edmonton signs MOU with Indigenous Tourism Alberta
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Explore Edmonton and Indigenous Tourism Alberta (ITA) have announced a recently signed memorandum of understanding (MOU)….
Province, feds contribute $13M towards Indigenous housing
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The governments of Canada and Alberta have committed $14.1 million for Indigenous housing projects throughout the…
Provincial NDP critic blasts Alberta budget for Indigenous funding cuts
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The NDP’s Indigenous relations critic says the 2021-22 UCP budget has done nothing to improve the…
Tar sands whistleblower and health advocate Dr. John O’Connor receives award
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Dr. John O’Connor — a Fort Chipewyan physician who revealed high cancer rates in communities downstream…
Alberta puts municipalities, Metis settlements on the hook for 10% of disaster relief costs
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Although this year’s provincial budget includes $2.5 billion in contingency funds for disasters and emergencies, the…
On reserve cases of Covid are dropping but safety measures are still important to prevent the spread
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Dr. Tom Wong, Chief Medical Officer at Indigenous Services Canada, appeared in the virtual First Nations…
Northwest Territories consider dropping Alberta School Curriculum
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Northwest Territories (NWT) have announced that they are considering dropping the Alberta school curriculum –…