Winnipeg hosts huge Indigenous tourism conference
By Terry Lusty, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous tourism is an expanding and all-encompassing industry. That was the message from conference organizers, presenters…
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shíshálh Nation finds dozens of unmarked graves at site of St. Augustine’s Residential School
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The shíshálh Nation located on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast has discovered what could be 40 unmarked graves…
Building Metis connections through ice-fishing, language and togetherness
By Laura Mushumanski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – I wholeheartedly swear I ate like a queen in Lac La Biche during the weekend of…
Commons testimony on Kearl leak raises questions: ACFN Chief
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – First Nations chiefs in northwestern Alberta whose lands and waters were impacted by an Imperial Oil…
Official hate crime statistics don’t account for level of anti-Indigenous hate
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Statistics Canada has released its hate crime data for 2021, which shows an increase in police-reported…
First Nations leaders hail revised child welfare settlement
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and First Nations Child and Family Caring Society have agreed…
Brett Gladue’s Northern Lakes College Success Story: Turning Hobby into Career
“Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.” – George Bernard Shaw (ANNews) – A graduate of the first offering of…
CAREERS: The Next Generation connects students with employers
(ANNews) – Like so many high school students, Caleb Alexander was unsure what he wanted to do with his life. He knew he liked working…
ROM hosts panel discussion on Cree visual artist’s work
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – University of Lethbridge Blackfoot scholar Leroy Little Bear is participating in a panel discussion at Toronto’s…
2SLGBTQQIA led housing initiatives are needed across Canada
By Chevi Rabbit, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Teddy Syrette, a two-spirit artist and advocate says a significant housing crisis exists for two-spirit people…