BBMA awards open for post-secondary Métis students – receive up to $10,000
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – BBMAs are for serious students of Métis ancestry who need financial assistance for tuition in order…
Metis Rights
MNC elects President Cassidy Caron to Steward a New Era of Métis Governance
SASKATOON, SK, Sept. 30, 2021 /CNW/ – Cassidy Caron has been elected president of the Métis National Council (MNC), with a mandate to restore accountability and trust in the…
Metis Settlements General Council files suit against the province of Alberta
by Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Four months after speaking out against provincial legislation that alters how Alberta’s seven Metis settlements are…
Last Post Fund honours departed veterans by installing military headstones
By Glenn Miller (ANNews) – Research done over the winter months by volunteer members of the Last Post Fund on unmarked Veterans graves has led…
Metis Nation of Alberta taking UCP government to court
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) is taking the UCP government to court for failing in…
Accused murderers of Metis hunters Samson and Cardinal denied bail for a second time
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The father-son duo accused of murdering two Metis hunters in Alberta have been denied bail for…
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…
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…
Métis Nation of Alberta begins province-wide consultation on self-government Constitution
(Edmonton) – The Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) is consulting with its citizens on a draft Constitution that will modernize its approach to self-government. Following…
Provinces are reminded to consider urban Indigenous residents as priorities for vaccine roll-out
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On February 11, 2021 Jocelyn Formsma, Executive Director of the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC),…