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…
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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…
Fort McKay Nations secure agreement with Alberta for Moose Lake Access Management
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Alberta Government and the Fort McKay First Nation have reached an agreement on an access…
Grey Eagle Resort plans to launch Alberta’s largest drive-in event venue
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In the wake of Alberta’s public health orders – which have prohibited the hosting of large…
COVID-19’s impact on First Nation businesses, taxes and reporting
By Rob Picton, CA, CPA (ANNews) – Our previous article from the April 2018 edition of Alberta Native News outlined the complexity arising when Canada’s…
Alberta’s agreements with Northern First Nations sets parameters for development in sensitive areas
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In early February, the Alberta Government announced two projects in a seemingly new step towards conservationism…
Alberta backsteps and reinstates Coal Policy but protections still fall short
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In May 2020, the Alberta Government announced that they were removing blanket environmental protections – particularly…
Grassy Mountain debate pits band leadership against people
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – While opposition continues to mount against the controversial Grassy Mountain coal project that will create open-pit…
Keystone XL Pipeline cancellation impacts its First Nation investors in Alberta
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Mere hours after being sworn into office, 46th U.S. president Joe Biden revoked the permit for…