Report on Serenity’s death raises flaws with child welfare system
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The death of a four-year-old Cree girl in Maskwacis was the result of her being taken…
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First Nations Educator’s Conference returns with hybrid format: Feb. 1 & 2
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The First Nations’ Educator’s Conference is back for 2023, with in-person attendance an option for the…
Steven Thomas wins Peace Hills Trust art contest
by Terry Lusty, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – This year’s winner of the Peace Hills art competition – Steven Thomas – was formally acknowledged…
TD offers scholarship for Indigenous youth
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – TD Bank has started its first-ever scholarship for Indigenous students pursuing post-secondary education, in partnership with…
Onion Lake Cree Nation files lawsuit against Alberta’s Sovereignty Act
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A First Nation located on the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan is the first to launch…
More up-and-coming authors partake in Indigenous Writers Circle
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Audible’s Indigenous Writers Circle program, which connects up-and-coming Indigenous writers with mentors, is back with a…
NDP Indigenous relations critic slams lack of consultation on Bill 1
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Alberta’s NDP Opposition has joined a chorus of Indigenous leaders in calling Premier Danielle Smith’s signature…
Treaty Chiefs slam Bill 1 for ignoring Indigenous sovereignty
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiat (ANNews) – The Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations and the Sovereign Nation Chiefs of Treaty No. 8 have…
Panel discussion deals with police accountability in Alberta
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – A screening of the documentary “No Visible Trauma,” which details three cases of police brutality from the Calgary Police Service…
Indigenous team to challenge Mount Denali
By Terry Lusty, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – What originally began as nothing more than “just an idea,” has suddenly evolved into a major…