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October 5, 2015. The Liberals have announced that should they form the next government, they will prioritize reconciliation with the Métis Nation, by working closely with the Métis people, provinces, and territories. Liberal candidate for Fort McMurray-Cold Lake Kyle Harrietha, who also serves as general manager for McMurray Métis, applauded the announcement.
“I'm fully…
October 2, 2015. Keynote speaker Ashley Callingbull-Burnham told a crowd at the University of Manitoba that First Nations people had to be active in the upcoming federal election. "If we suffer, our future generations are going to suffer, so yes we do need to vote because this is a crucial time because we can change the future by just one vote,” said Callingbull-Burnham. The…
October 5, 2015. Blackstone, produced by the Edmonton-based company Prairie Dog Film + Television, is entering its fifth and final season. “We’ve had an incredible run with Blackstone on APTN, and together we have taken the show to places where we could have only dreamed of when we started,” said Ron E. Scott, executive producer, writer, and director. “The…
Government ministers to address Aboriginal education symposium
October 2, 2015. David Eggen, minister of education, and Kathleen Ganley, minister of Aboriginal relations, will be delivering brief statements on Oct. 8 at the first annual First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Symposium. The FNMI education division of Alberta Education is being joined…
October 4, 2015. Jingle dress dancer Vanessa Stiffarm,25, from Kainai Nation, has been crowned Calgary Stampede Treaty 7 2016 Indian Princess. She beat out Alicia Maguire and Savanna Sparvier of Siksika Nation; Jasmine Crowchief from Siksika and Piikani Nations; and Shay-Lynn Strikes With A Gun from Piikani Nation. The competitors were judged in a number of categories,…
October 1, 2015. Excavation
work is continuing on a buffalo jump site and an adjoining campsite near Calgary unearthed during the 2013 flood. Though many artifacts were washed away what remains sheds more light on Indigenous life. The site at the FM Ranch was first excavated privately in 1959 but work largely stopped after it received provincial designation. But the…
October 2, 2015. The Keepers of the Athabasca are calling into question the province’s decision to lift a water ban that had been temporarily put in place on the Athabasca river. Due to low water levels, on July 24, the province restricted all restricted all tar sands operators on the Athabasca River from withdrawing water, except for Shell, Suncor and Syncrude. That ban was…
October 2, 2015. Conservative leader Stephen Harper has indicated he will not participate in the all-forum federal leaders’ debate to be hosted by the Assembly of First Nations Oct. 7, in Enoch. Now, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair says his presence is contingent on the Conservative leader being there. "This debate is a key opportunity for the party leaders to explain how their…
Seven Aboriginal candidates are vying for six seats in the upcoming federal election. There are 34 seats in Alberta.
“I think that’s really good. I think it’s an indication that more and more Indigenous people are interested in seeking that office as a Member of Parliament. It’s a place of change, a way to us,” said Chief Wilton Littlechild, who served as MP for Wetaskiwin from 1988 to…
Of seven Indigenous candidates running for Alberta seats in the House of Commons, six are representing the New Democratic Party. The Liberals have one lone candidate, while neither the Conservatives nor the Greens have an Aboriginal
representative.
“We’re all running for the right party,” said Melody Lepine, the NDP candidate in Fort McMurray-Cold Lake. “This is a good indication…
September 30, 2015. Alberta musician John Wort Hannam’s latest album, to be released Oct. 2, includes a song about residential schools. Entitled “Man of God,” it talks about his time as a school teacher on the Kainai Blackfoot reserve, tackling the legacy of residential schools, which earned the endorsement of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Hannam spent nine years on…
Indigenous candidates in Alberta are excited – and hopeful – about getting out the Aboriginal vote.
For First Nations people, in particular, voting has long been a contentious issue.
“There is still a division of opinion on that in the sense that there are some people who say this is not our government so we have no business participating in it or voting in a federal election.…
September 29, 2015. Battle River-Crowfoot NDP candidate Katherine Swampy, along with Conservative incumbent Kevin Sorenson and Liberal candidate Andy Kowalski, faced off in front of students at Camrose Composite high school. Swampy said students’ questions were “amazing,thoughtful.” Swampy will be attending more forums in Camrose, Stettler, New Sarepta, Drumheller and Tofield…
September 30, 2015. An analysis of potential gains in seats in Edmonton and Calgary in the upcoming federal election has pushed Edmonton-Manning into the “marginal NDP gains” category, according to CBC polls analyst and ThreeHundredEight.com founder Eric Grenier. The NDP is represented in Edmonton-Manning by Indigenous candidate Aaron Paquette. Grenier says the province will…
October 1, 2015. Most minimum wage employees in Alberta will see their hourly pay increase by one dollar to $11.20 effective today. Employees who work shorter shifts must now be paid for a minimum of three hours. However, those working in Metis Settlements (as singled out by the Employment Standards information provided by the province)
or…