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This untitled photograph was taken by Eugene Uhuad and appears in the Clareview Multicultural Centre in north Edmonton.
(Photo: Edmonton Arts Council)
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Harnett to speak at exhibition
January 14, 2016. Artist Tanya Harnett will deliver an address Thursday at 6 p.m. at the SNAP Community Gallery in downtown Edmonton where her latest work is being exhibited. The Lebret Residential Petroglyphs was originally curated and presented by Todd Schaber at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts…
McKenzie Lake Lawyers does not expect the full $7.5 million set aside as part of a compensation package for those abused while in government care prior to 2008 to be used. But any money left over from compensating individuals will not go into a pot to offer holistic services for healing.
Money remaining in the alternate criteria fund will revert back to the province, says Sabrina…
Significant amount of drugs seized from Standoff residence
January 12, 2016. On Monday, the Blood Tribe Police Service Crime Reduction Unit, with the assistance of BTPS Patrols, seized a significant amount of illicit drugs from a residence in Standoff on the Blood Indian Reserve. Investigation at the scene lead to the arrest of Kyle Mitchell Saddleback…
January 12, 2016
On Friday, the government will start accepting applications from people who suffered abuse as permanent or temporary wards of the province prior to 2008.
Nelson Mayer, executive director with the Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association, doesn’t have definite numbers as to how many of those applying will be Aboriginal, but he does know the number will be…
Elder in the Making - a film by Chris Hsiung - will be shown at the Metro Cinema on February 20, 2016.
The evening will commence with a prayer from Chief Tony Alexis of the Alexis…
Naomi Lori Horseman: missing since Jan. 6. (Photo: Facebook)
Public’s help requested in locating woman
January 11, 2016. Grande Prairie RCMP are…
January 11, 2016
Interim Liberal leader Dr. David Swann says there is not enough communication between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.
Swann says he has become more aware of this since serving on the province’s mental health review committee.
“We need to talk more. We don’t connect between the two cultures. We’re two solitudes and we’re not getting anywhere with…
DiCaprio acknowledges Indigenous peoples in Golden Globe speech
January 11, 2016. In accepting his Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Drama on Sunday, Leonardo DiCaprio recognized the First Nations people he worked with while filming The Revenant in Alberta. Said DiCaprio, “I want to share this…
Muriel Stanley Venne is not a fan of more studies, more committees and more petitions when it comes to examining the issues facing Indigenous communities. But she is reserving judgement on the latest research project announced in early December by Aboriginal Relations Minister Kathleen Ganley.
The province followed up on the federal government’s details on how it would proceed with a…
Warrant issued in homicide investigation
January 7, 2016. RCMP are warning people not to approach Jesse Prestly Laboucan, 20, who is wanted on a warrant for murder. Edmonton RCMP Major Crime Unit and High Prairie RCMP detachment obtained a warrant for the arrest of Laboucan, of Atikameg, charged in the July 29, 2015, death of Ryan Ellefson, 20.…
(From left) McMurray Metis executive Vice President Bill Louttit and President Gail Gaillups with new general manager Daniel Stuckless and outgoing GM Kyle Harrietha. (Photo: supplied)
McMurray Metis hires new GM
January 6, 2016. Daniel Stuckless is the new general manager for McMurray Metis. Stuckless has spent the past five years as the Fort…
January 6, 2016
A recent list released of stops to be made by the ministers conducting pre-inquiry meetings for murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls does not include either Calgary or Edmonton.
“That is so, so important. It is extremely important that Alberta be included and involved,” said Muriel Stanley Venne, president and founder of the Institute for the…
Going Home Star - Truth and Reconciliation embarks on a national tour with performances across the country including a stop in Toronto for two performances on February 5 and 6, 2016.
Going Home Star - Truth and Reconciliation, produced with the support of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), is a choreographic representation of the many stories, both told and still…
Challenging film shooting a
worthwhile experience
January 6, 2016.
When The Revenant opens nation-wide
on Friday, Conway Kootenay will be on screen as part of the Aboriginal cast.
The movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, was filmed in southern Alberta, including
Morley, Canmore area, Drumheller badlands, Kananaskis…