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March 7, 2016. Eight post-secondary students have been rewarded for their achievements. The AltaLink Aboriginal scholarship program is designed to recognize leaders in the Aboriginal community by offering scholarships to Aboriginal students attending post-secondary institutions. Two eligible students from each of Treaty 6, 7, 8 and the Métis community…
Updated March 8, 2016.
Management at Kingsway Mall have reviewed video and audio recording from the personal cameras worn by the security guards following an incident on Sunday that has garnered outrage from the Indigenous community.
Marlene Willier, a foster mother for 28 years and role model in the First Nations community, was apprehended by security for…
Man charged 10 months after woman killed
March 5, 2016. Allen Day Rider, 29, has been charged in the death of Brittany Medicine Crane, 24. Crane’s body was discovered on the afternoon of May 21, 2015, when Blood Tribe Police Service were dispatched to a residence in Stand Off after having received a report of an unresponsive woman at that location.…
March 4, 2016
Randy Hardy plans to attend the state funeral for former Progressive Conservative Premier Don Getty on Saturday.
“He will be sadly missed by those around my age, people with grey hair. We owe a great debt of gratitude to him,” said Hardy, president of the Metis Settlement General Council.
Getty passed away on Feb. 26 at the age of 82.
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Trudeau, Bellegarde recognized in bonnet transfer ceremony
March 4, 2016. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde will be participating in a Bonnet Transfer Ceremony at Tsuut'ina First Nation Friday afternoon. The ceremony, by invitation only, begins at 1 p.m. at the Grey Eagle Resort and Casino. The…
March 3, 2016
Kevin Littlelight credits the moccasin telegraph for bringing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Tsuut’ina Nation.
What Littlelight calls a “long campfire story” began shortly after Trudeau won the federal election in October.
“Native people are tribal people. We don’t really have any ceremonies or anything to celebrate defeat. We wanted to celebrate the…
Lack of funding cancels Métis Spring Festival
March 3, 2016. The Métis Child and Family Services Society of Edmonton has cancelled the 2016 Métis Spring Festival, scheduled for the May long weekend. The annual event has drawn hundreds of artists and visitors to St. Albert since 2009 to see and hear some of the region’s top Métis fiddlers, singers and…
March 2, 2016
Last week, members of the Blood Tribe Police Service wore pink in acknowledgement of National Anti-Bullying Day. But for the southern Alberta First Nation, anti-bullying has become more than a single day of action.
Organized crime, drugs and gangs have been bullying their way into the lives of the Blood community. Increased fentanyl use and deaths resulted in Chief…
Quebec to take legal action against Energy East
March 1, 2016. Premier Rachel Notley has not reacted as strongly as other provincial leaders to the Quebec government’s announcement Tuesday that they will request an injunction related to TransCanada's proposed Energy East pipeline in order to force the company to go through Quebec’s environmental process…
First graduating class of new environmental monitoring program
(Photo: Shari Narine)
February 29, 2016. Fifteen students from eight First Nation and Métis communities along with staff celebrated the…
February 29, 2016
Metis Nation of Alberta President Audrey Poitras says Don Getty was a “steadfast friend” to the Metis people of the province.
Former Progressive Conservative Premier Don Getty passed away on Feb. 26 at the age of 82.
Getty served as premier from 1985 to 1992. During that time, he enacted legislation that helped advance self-governance for the Métis people…
Tsuut’ina to present Trudeau with ceremonial headdress
February 29, 2016. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde will receive ceremonial headdresses from Tsuut’ina First Nation in a special ceremony this Friday when they visit the First Nation. Tsuut’ina Chief and council spokesperson Kevin…
February 29, 2016. The state funeral for former Premier Don Getty will be held this Saturday at the All Saints Cathedral in downtown Edmonton. Getty passed away on Feb. 26 at the age of 82. The former Edmonton Eskimos quarterback and leader of the Progressive Conservatives served as premier from 1985 to 1992. Praise for Getty came from leaders of all political stripes. Premier…
February 29, 2016. The Revenant, filmed largely in Alberta and with a large supporting cast of First Nations actors, took three Oscars at the Sunday ceremony. “I especially want to congratulate the more than 700 Albertans who worked as cast or crew on this production, including makeup artists from…
St. Albert residents asked to weigh-in on Healing Garden design
February 19, 2016. The City of St. Albert is asking for input from residents on the design for a Healing Garden. The open house, scheduled for Feb. 24, will share information collected through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and also about the two residential schools that were…