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February 18, 2016
One more avenue for opioid users to access naloxone kits is one more opportunity to combat the growing numbers of fentanyl-related deaths.
On Thursday, the provincial government announced that pharmacies across Alberta can provide take-home kits free-of-charge for those with prescriptions. Naloxone can be used to temporarily reverse an overdose of fentanyl or…
Fort McKay First Nation to jointly launch new service company
February 17, 2016. Fort McKay First Nation has teamed up with Noralta Lodge to form a new accommodations service company. The company will service clients out of Noralta Lodge’s Fort McMurray Village location and is designed to provide leading workforce accommodations and logistics solutions…
February 16, 2016. There is still snow on the ground, but permits will be required as of March 1 for all planned fires in Alberta’s forest protection area, with the exception of campfires. Accelerating wildfire season preparations was one of the recommendations of the Flat Top Wildfire Complex Review that followed the 2011 Slave Lake area wildfires. “…
February 16, 2016
Poundmaker’s Lodge has called off a boycott on TD Canada Trust.
The decision to step back from the call made by executive director Brad Cardinal that Poundmaker’s supporters “take (their) valuable business elsewhere,” followed a ceremony held Feb. 10.
“We have met with the RCMP and TD Canada Trust who approached us with cultural protocol of tobacco …. We…
New images go up around Edmonton
February 16, 2016. The second group of #YEGCANVAS artists are on view on billboards throughout Edmonton. Presented by the Edmonton Arts Council and Pattison Outdoor Advertising, #YEGCANVAS is a transitory public art initiative featuring 45 artworks from 32 Edmonton-based emerging, culturally diverse, and Indigenous…
Indigenous programs, projects benefit from CFEP, CIP grants
February 11, 2016. Two southern First Nations boards of education benefitted from recent provincial grant dollars. The Kainai Board of Education received $47,500 through the Community Initiative Program for a new program to inspire comprehensive school health, while Siksika Board of Education…
February 12, 2016
On a personal level, Danielle Boudreau is hoping to get a permanent grave marker for her sister.
“My sister doesn’t have a headstone because we can’t afford a headstone. She’s still going unnoticed even in her last day,” said Boudreau, who is Metis from the St. Paul/Saddle Lake area.
On a wider level, she is hoping that a national inquiry into murdered…
February 11, 2016
First Nations play an important role in the oil and gas industry and need to consolidate their position as leaders. That is the message Joe Dion, chairman and CEO of Frog Lake Energy Resources Corp., will be delivering on the second day of the Assembly of First Nations forum on energy.
“We need to look at how we can be a part of building this nation,” said Dion…
Bennett in Enoch Cree Nation on MMIW pre-inquiry
February 11, 2016. Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada Minister Carolyn Bennett is in Enoch Cree Nation on Thursday meeting with families of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in closed sessions. The pre-inquiry meetings are aimed at establishing parameters for a national inquiry, which is…
Exhibit brings attention to murdered, missing Indigenous women
February 10, 2016. Forty red dresses are hanging from trees in Edmonton's Alberta Avenue neighbourhood as part of Métis woman and Anglican priest Lori Calkins’ exhibit Ni Wapataenan. It is Michif word meaning "we see.'' The dresses encircle a bare, uncovered teepee and…
First Nations discuss role in Canada’s energy future at forum
February 9, 2016. Joe Dion, CEO with Frog Lake Resources Corp., will be among the speakers at the First Nations Forum on Energy: Setting Priorities, hosted by the Assembly of First Nations in Vancouver on Wednesday and Thursday. The forum is an opportunity for First Nations to examine their…
MMIW pre-inquiry meetings to be held in Edmonton, Calgary
February 8, 2016. Federal government ministers, including Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett, will be in Edmonton on Thursday and in Calgary on Friday as the meetings continue across the country with survivors, family members and loved ones of murder and missing Indigenous…
February 5, 2016
Deborah Ginnish travelled almost the entire country to have a say in what the Assembly of First Nations has set as its conditions in moving forward on a national public inquiry on murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls.
“Even (Wednesday) night driving in on a taxi (from the Edmonton International Airport), these are the highways and roads, and you think…
Aboriginal children in foster care among issues discussed by ministers
February 5, 2016. Social services ministers from the provinces and territories and the federal minister conclude their two-day meeting in Edmonton on Friday. Federal Minister of Children, Families and Social Development Jean-Yves Duclos said the issue of Aboriginal children in foster…
February 4, 2016
It is personal for those who came out Thursday to attend a forum put on by the Assembly of First Nations aimed at providing input to the federal government on how the national inquiry on murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls should go forward.
It has been almost a year since anyone in Cameron Alexis’s family heard from Misty Sanderson Potts. On Feb. 24…