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…
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Senator Murray Sinclair, the first Indigenous judge to serve on the bench in Manitoba and only…
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Indigenous Service Canada (ISC) has confirmed that a forensic audit is underway in Saddle Lake Cree…
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – While there was much jubilation surrounding a portion of Calgary’s ring road opening on Oct. 1…
CALGARY — NDP Indigenous Relations Critic Richard Feehan and Indigenous organizations and advocates came together Wednesday to call on the UCP government to include Indigenous…
(November 2020) – A national coalition is calling on the government of Canada to exonerate Louis Riel who was hanged for treason on November 16,…
by Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – Happy Metis Settlements Proclamation Day from Alberta Native News! On October 30, 2020 the Metis Settlements…
By Jeremy Appel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – A proposed K-4 social studies curriculum update from a government-appointed panel is being condemned by Indigenous…
(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…
By Jake Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (ANNews) – On September 28, 2020, 37-year old Indigenous mother of seven, Joyce Echaquan, died at the Joliette…