Vaccines are on the way – but for now COVID numbers are rising out of control
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Vaccines are on the way across Canada but it is not the time to relax COVID…
Indigenous Rights
AFN Chief Perry Bellegarde announces that he will not seek re-election at the end of his term this summer
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter (ANNews) – The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), the country’s most powerful Indigenous advocacy…
Senator Murray Sinclair announces his retirement from the Senate to focus on mentoring
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Senator Murray Sinclair, the first Indigenous judge to serve on the bench in Manitoba and only…
NDP and First Nation groups call for recognition of Indigenous genocide
CALGARY — NDP Indigenous Relations Critic Richard Feehan and Indigenous organizations and advocates came together Wednesday to call on the UCP government to include Indigenous…
Campaign mounts to exonerate Louis Riel on 135 anniversary of his execution
(November 2020) – A national coalition is calling on the government of Canada to exonerate Louis Riel who was hanged for treason on November 16,…
Métis leaders in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan address racism in healthcare
(Ottawa) – Leaders from the Métis Nation of Ontario, Métis Nation – Saskatchewan and the Métis Nation of Alberta joined other Métis, First Nations and…
Metis Settlements recognize 30 years of Alberta Legislation
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Happy Metis Settlements Proclamation Day from Alberta Native News! On October 30, 2020 the Metis Settlements…
First Nations and environmental groups call for immediate actions to protect boreal caribou
CALGARY – The Alberta Wilderness Association, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN), Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN), David Suzuki Foundation and Ecojustice say a recent agreement…
Justice is needed in Nova Scotia to protect the Mi’kmaw fishers – violence should not be tolerated
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – In order to better understand the situation unfolding in Nova Scotia, it is important to historicize…
Alberta Regional Chief Marlene Poitras calls on Prime Minister to stop the Racial Violence directed at Mi’kmaq Fishermen
(ANNews) – October 19, 2020, AmiskWaciwaskahikan (Edmonton, AB): In September 2020, the Sipekne’katik First Nation launched its own fishery, with the hopes of collecting data…