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The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate released its annual report for 2014-2015 for what Advocate Del Graff says has been “one of the busiest for the office.” OCYA began work on a special report regarding the over-representation of Aboriginal children in care, which is a significant and growing concern in Alberta. The special report will make recommendations to the government, with a goal…
Health Minister Sarah Hoffman issued ministerial orders on Dec. 11 allowing more health professionals to prescribe, administer and distribute naloxone. Naloxone is a drug that can be used immediately to reverse fentanyl overdoses. The ministerial orders will expand the scope of practice for registered nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians and emergency medical…
Fire leaves family homeless on Ermineskin Cree Nation
Donations are being gathered for a family of 14, who lost their home on the Erminskin Cree Nation and all their belongings to a fire on Dec. 4. The fire was caused by a furnace and broke out around 4 p.m., saidTara Cutarm. The home belonged to her brother Jason Cutarm and his wife Melissa Nepoose. All family members…
The provincial government has committed to a favourable process for Indigenous bids on green energy projects.
“Indigenous participation… was something we wanted to ensure we were doing throughout, the sort of the growth, of the green economy such that the new economy does not replicate the social and economic exclusions of the old,” said Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips…
Calgary mayor proposes resiliency fund in light of economic downturn
December 14, 2015. Monday Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi will be presenting a motion to create the Community Economic Resiliency Fund by using the estimated surplus of $30 million from the 2015 budget. Nenshi is proposing the fund because of the impact the economic downturn is having on…
December 14, 2015
Jesse Cardinal is disappointed that the COP21 climate change agreement only urges nations to consider Indigenous right and traditional knowledge. Indigenous peoples were seeking stronger language to ensure respect and implementation of Indigenous rights.
The coordinator for the Keepers of the Athabasca says maybe she was naïve to think more than that would…
December 11, 2015
From the modest beginnings of simply working in her husband’s company to now being CEO of Bouchier Group, Nicole Bourque-Bouchier remains humble. Even her newest title as one of Canada’s top 100 most powerful women hasn’t swayed her.
“I’m just me and one of everybody else on the team,” she said.
But she has to admit, it has been an incredible 2015. In…
December 10, 2015. High River and area first responders conducted their 3rd Annual Charity Checkstop raising $6,290 in cash and gift cards and a truck bed of groceries. This year’s monetary donations will be shared between Rowan House and Foothill Victims Services. All food items have already been turned over the Salvation Army for their food bank…
December 10, 2015. The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed two applications by the O’Chiese First Nation for leave to appeal regulatory licence decisions by the Alberta Energy Regulator made in favour of Shell Canada Limited. The decision clarifies that a right to a regulatory appeal is not automatic simply because development is occurring on treaty lands. The decision also…
December 11, 2015. Health Minister Sarah Hoffman has issued ministerial orders allowing more health professionals to prescribe, administer and distribute naloxone. Naloxone is a drug that can be used immediately to reverse fentanyl overdoses. The ministerial orders will expand the scope of practice for registered nurses, paramedics, emergency medical…
A combined Dene/Cree name is just one way the former Blue Quills College has marked its graduation to becoming a university.
As of Sept. 1, University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į / nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills became the first Indigenous-controlled university in Canada. While the First Nations University of Canada operates in Saskatchewan, it is a federated college under the University of…
RCMP look for missing Lac La Biche woman
December 9, 2015. Lac La Biche RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in locating Lynda Mountain, 46. She was last seen in Lac La Biche in the morning hours on November 30, 2015. Mountain may be in the Fort McMurray area. She is described as 5’0 to 5’3” tall, approximately 200 lbs, short brown hair, brown…
December 9, 2015. Eleven years ago today Maggie Burke, then 21, disappeared north of Edmonton’s downtown. Now, Crimestoppers has erected a billboard on117th Avenue and 95th Street, a block south of where Burke was last seen, hoping it might result in tips. Burke was a sex-trade worker and police suspect foul play. Her mother, Marie Burke, says the billboard makes the family…
CPS seeking public’s help to find woman who missed court date
December 9, 2015. Calgary Police Service is asking for the public’s help to locate a woman who missed a mandatory court appearance. Lena Raquel Crazybull, of Calgary, was due in court earlier this week. Attempts to locate her have been unsuccessful. Crazybull is in her early 20s, 5’6” tall,…
December 8, 2015
Amidst applause, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fleshed out his campaign promises in a five-point plan he presented at the Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs Assembly this morning.
"It is time for a renewed, nation-to-nation relationship with First Nations peoples, one that understands that the constitutionally guaranteed rights of First Nations in Canada…