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Over a year after Colton James Crowshoe’s body was found floating in the retention pond off Stoney Trail in Calgary, city police have yet to lay charges in the homicide. On Sept. 14, Calgary Police Service and the Calgary Fire Department aquatics team returned to the pond to search for additional evidence. Crowshoe, 18, was located in the pond on July 24, 2014, after a passerby called 911…
A body of a woman found by a fisherman along the shore of the Oldman River Reservoir at the Windy Point campground on Sept. 13 has been identified as Victoria Joanne Crow Shoe, 43. Crow Shoe, a resident of Lethbridge, was reported missing to Lethbridge Regional Police Service on Sept.15. She was last seen by her family on Aug. 26. An autopsy confirmed her identity and her next-of-kin was…
Six ridings will offer voters Indigenous candidates to choose from. The only riding with two Aboriginal candidates on the ballot is the northern riding of Lakeland where NDP candidate Duane Zaraska will face off against Liberal candidate Garry Parenteau. Both men are Métis and active in local Métis politics. Parenteau is the only Indigenous candidate the Liberals are running in Alberta.…
In a live concert with film, Polaris prize-winning Tanya Tagaq fuses her voice with other musical talents to create a mesmerizing and original soundscape for the controversial 1922 silent film Nanook of the North in order to portray Inuit culture in a contemporary new light. Tagaq’s powerful throat singing combines with violinist Jesse Zubot, percussionist Jean Martin, and composer…
For the past six years, Chief Wilton Littlechild has crossed the country from coast-to-coast-to-coast listening to residential school survivors and their descendants. The result of those hearings, both private and public, was 94 calls to action released by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as its final act in early June.
Three months after the conclusion of the TRC, the words of…
September 22, 2015. Métis settlements, municipalities, municipal districts, counties, and registered non-profit societies in Alberta are eligible to apply for FireSmart grants to a maximum of $100,000 per community, according to Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. The funding can be used to support fire preparedness planning, public education, and on-the-ground fire mitigation projects, like…
Women’s shelters receive additional dollars
September 23, 2015. Women’s shelters in Sucker Creek, Big Stone Cree, Maskwacis, Morley and Standoff First Nations were all recipients of funding dollars from the province. All five shelters hold fee-for-service agreements with the government. The additional funding of $15 million was announced today by Human Services Minister…
Playing at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is a dream for many local musicians and is one that came true for singer/songwriter Ella Coyes this past August.
Coyes, 18, performed as part of the School of Song, a group of young musicians under the mentorship of Rhea March.
“I’ve attended for a few years, and my mum was the first to remember me telling her that I would perform on…
A newly created position at the Inner City Pastoral Ministry is reaching out to the Aboriginal population.
“As a Cree woman, I see myself and my role in the ICPM as an oskapew to Pastor Rick (Chapman) as well as the inner city community,” said Michelle Nieviadomy.
ICPM is an interdenominational Christian outreach that meets in the Bissell Centre in downtown Edmonton.
The…
Tipi raised on Augustana campus
September 9. A tipi has been raised outside the Faith and Life Centre at the University of Alberta’s Augustana campus, in Camrose. Chair of Augustana’s Aboriginal engagement committee, Jérôme Melançon, said they were inspired by U of
A’s north campus, in Edmonton, which has a permanent tipi in front of the Faculty of Native Studies…
The Edmonton Police Service School Resource Officers (SROs) are starting the new school year and are “Leading Change” in a partnership with the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters (ACWS).
The three-day “Leading Change” training encourages leaders to take action to end gender-based violence and abuse which supports the Edmonton Police Service’s commitment to reduce and prevent…
The discovery of Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette’s remains grinded the search and hope for a safe and healthy return to a halt last night.
During a candle light vigil being held for her safe return the RCMP released that they found what appeared to be the missing 2 year old’s remains.
Premier Rachel Notley also shared her grief in a statement released earlier today, “For Hailey’s family…
Career Pathways School celebrated the graduating class of 2015 on September 12, in Wabasca-Desmarais Community Hall. Three of the five students who attended the ceremony received graduation certificates in front of fellow students, staff, parents and community members. Guest speakers included Don Tessier, Associate Superintendent; Christoph Ruge, Career Pathways School Principal; Angela…
Form letters to help First Nations vote in upcoming election
Sept. 14, 2015. Elections Canada says it will accept special form letters from First Nations residents. “One of the problems we have in this country is that often on reserves there’s no address at all,” said Chief Electoral Officer Marc Maynard. The letters can be downloaded from the Assembly…
Sept. 15, 2015. Two people from Alberta have been named among the 2016 Indspire Awards recipients. Winners were announced in Toronto on Tuesday. Chief Jim Ochiese, of the Foothills Ojibway First Nation, has been selected for the Culture, Heritage and Spirituality award, while Christian Kowalchuk, of the Big Stone Cree Nation, was selected for the First Nation youth award. The…