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June 20, 2016. The Louis Bull First Nation officially began the first phase of its solar project this spring and expects to complete work by summer. Phase 2 to follow will see solar panels go up on the administration building, community health centre and school. By the end of the project, 300 solar panels will be installed on four buildings. The solar initiative first came…
June 16, 2016.
Muriel Stanley Venne says men – especially offenders – need to play a prominent role in the upcoming national inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls.
Stanley Venne, who is president and founder for the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women, sits on the National Aboriginal Advisory Committee for Correctional…
Crowned Mrs. North America Globe Classic last year, Lisa Ground is using her position to speak out against domestic violence and abuse. (File photo)
June 7, 2016.
When Lisa Ground was seeking refuge from an abusive relationship there were no women shelters with vacancies.
Now, the reigning Mrs. North America Globe Classic is doing all she can to ensure…
Award-winning actor Carmen Moore gets direction from Ron E. Scott, creator of Blackstone. The series about life on the fictional reserve completed a successful five-season run last December. (Photo: Dan Power)
June 6, 2016. Actor Carmen Moore picked up a Leo Award at the gala held in Vancouver Sunday night. Moore was presented…
June 6, 2016.
Recent moves by both the federal and provincial governments to address affordable housing are “something for the toolbox” in the battle against homelessness.
But affordable housing is only one element in the incredibly complex challenge that leaves too many people homeless, says Susan McGee, executive director with Homeward Trust Edmonton.
“Homelessness is…
June 1, 2016. Work by Sandra Laronde, artistic director for The Banff Centre, has received international recognition. Backbone, the newest work by Laronde’s Indigenous performance company Red Sky, was recently selected from a competitive pool of 56 applications worldwide by ISPA's Pitch New Works Committee. Laronde will pitch Backbone as part of the 98th…
June 1, 2016.
Métis have a proud heritage in Waterways and Dan Stuckless wants that tradition to continue as Fort McMurray rebuilds.
“The Métis people should be front and centre when this rebuilding effort is going on because it was the Métis people that really built up the community of Waterways before the city of Fort McMurray back in the early days,” said Stuckless, who serves…
May 30, 2016.
Those
residing in units operated by Wood Buffalo Housing and Development Corp. or in
homes still standing in the neighbourhoods of Waterways, Abasand and Beacon
Hill will not be returning to Fort McMurray as originally scheduled.
“Undamaged
homes in certain neighbourhoods are not immediately safe for re-occupation
(and) for re-…
Blood Tribe Police Service and the Blood Tribe Prescription Drug Project went house-to-house to collect unused or expired prescriptions in Moses Lake, Lavern and Standoff. (Photo: Blood Tribe Police Service)
Prescription drug collection a success on Blood Reserve
May 26, 2016. Last week, the Blood Tribe Police Service and the Blood Tribe…
Alexander First Nation Elder Andy Auigbelle said it is important for young people to have “that spiritual part.” (Photo: Shari Narine)
May 26, 2016
Two-thirds of the youth enrolled in WrapED are Indigenous.
Given the systemic issues facing the Aboriginal community – Indian residential schools, foster care, high incarceration rates, poverty, intergenerational trauma – it’s…
May 25, 2016. Drug busts in Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan over a three-day period resulted in the seizure of close to $200,000 worth of drugs and charges laid against 10 people. On May 20, the Edmonton Police Service Northwest Division charged seven people in relation to an investigation which yielded $94,000 in various drugs, firearms and paraphernalia seized over the…
Fort McMurray RCMP members continue to ensure public safety as work is undertaken by essential service agencies to prepare community for re-entry to begin June 1.
(Photo: RCMP)
May 26, 2016. Local Fort McMurray RCMP detachment members have been…
Calgary Named Member of 100 Resilient Cities Network
May 25, 2016. The City of Calgary is now among the global cities classified as the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities. The achievement brings funding and resources to support and unify current projects and initiatives focused on preparing for and recovering…
May 25, 2016.
The capital region’s next “A” class racetrack could be located on the Enoch Cree Nation.
The River Cree Racing and Entertainment Corporation is one of seven expressions of interest received by Horse Racing Alberta for an organization to own and operate a premier horse racing facility for the Edmonton market area. Northlands announced earlier this year that 2016…
Bennett, Feehan to meet with Alberta Chiefs
May 25, 2016. The provincial and federal Indigenous relations ministers will be in Calgary Wednesday. Enoch Cree Nation Chief Billy Morin says Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Minister Carolyn Bennett and her Alberta counterpart Indigenous Relations Minister Richard Feehan will be addressing First Nations…