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Through an Aboriginal Youth Career Initiative in Trades and related career opportunities, as co-ordinated by CAREERS: The Next Generation and TransAlta, Paul Band students in Grades 10 through 12 will have a chance for employment starting in July with TransAlta. In this program, students will go through an application and interview process for a six-week employment period. At the end of the…
Lakeland College has established a special purpose fund for awards for Métis students. Funding from the Métis Education Foundation of $130,000 in bursaries and awards will allow for the distribution each year of two to four awards worth between $2,500 and $3,500. To qualify for the awards, students must be of Métis heritage, Canadian citizens, and have a specified grade point average. The…
In June, a provincial court found Robbie Dickson, president of Rainbow Tobacco G.P., not guilty of importing millions of cigarettes without a licence for resale on the Montana First Nation. However, he was convicted of two other charges under the Tobacco Tax Act for possessing tobacco not marked for tax sale and for having more than 1,000 cigarettes. Whether he will be sentenced on those two…
A document obtained under Canada’s access-to-information law shows that the Canadian government was aware that contaminant levels exceeded guidelines, higher-than-expected atmospheric concentrations of chemicals, and a lack of regional species such as marten and fisher, in the Alberta oil sands. The January 2015 briefing note, prepared for Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford, discussed…
Delegates from two Indigenous tribes fighting the development of the world’s second-largest coal mine on ancestral lands in Australia recently met with northern First Nations’ leaders in Alberta to discuss similar struggles against oil sands development. The $16.5-billion Carmichael coal mine, proposed by Indian conglomerate Adani, would bring roads; a new town with coal-fired electricity; a…
Tribal Chiefs Venture Inc., East Prairie Métis Settlement and Nunee Health Board Society were among 19 organizations to recently receive funding from the provincial government to help address and prevent elder abuse. The three-year $3-million Elder Abuse Co-ordinated Community Response grant program will allocate about $1 million per year. Tribal Chiefs Ventures will hire a coordinator to lead…
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde visited Alexander First Nation school on June 9. Bellegarde says First Nations are ready to talk to the federal government again about educational reform. Bellegarde also met with Premier Rachel Notley in Edmonton. Notley committed to implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Obstetrician/ gynecologist to Fort McMurray
Alberta Health services has recruited another obstetrician/ gynecologist to Fort McMurray
Dr. Nnamdi (a.k.a Christopher) Okoroafor received medical training in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. He completed his Royal Canadian College certification, and is currently practicing in Labrador City, Newfoundland. He is expected…
Carey Price sweeps NHL awards
“Be proud of your heritage”
Carey Price encouraged First Nations youth to be leaders in their communities as he accepted the Vezina trophy at Wednesday night’s NHL Awards in Las Vegas.
Price closed his speech by saying “sunachailya (chin-al-lia).”
Which means, “thank you” in the Dakelh (Da-Kel-h) language, spoken by the…
Aaron Paquette announces election bid
First Nations and Métis Artist and author Aaron Paquette announces his bid to seek the federal NDP nomination for the Edmonton-Manning riding.
For more information: www.aaronpaquette.net
Bill 1 passes unanimously
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Teenager charged in Cold Lake
Police in Cold Lake have charged a teenager after he allegedly stabbed a man in the neck this weekend.
RCMP say the attack happened early Saturday morning in a rural area west of Cold Lake. A 21-year-old man was found with
stab wounds to his neck and wrist. He was airlifted to hospital in Edmonton and is expected to recover.…
Over 16 per cent of youth treated in emergency rooms across the province for self-harm are First Nations. But as “alarming” as that figure is, Dr. Amanda Newton, University of Alberta researcher and associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics, says the number for Aboriginal youth is higher yet.
“We might be underestimating the problem … just in what we know about self-harming in…
The Alberta girls’ entry received a much needed financial assist just prior to this year’s National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.
Some members of the squad were struggling with their fundraising efforts for the tournament, which concluded May 2 in Halifax.
But on the same day team members were to fly to the Nova Scotia capital it was announced the club had secured $10,000 in…
Fort McMurray filmmaker Kelton Stepanowich is turning to crowdsourcing to raise funds for his passion project, a short film called Gods Acre, one that he plans to enter in international film festivals.
“We’d already raised a good amount of the budget so far, and then oil prices collapsed and people got tight with their budgets,” Stepanowich said. “And crowdsourcing is a great way to let…
A non-profit, member-driven Aboriginal business association aimed at building and growing the Aboriginal business and professional community in Edmonton has emerged.
With the city boasting the second highest Aboriginal population in the country, there are over 37,000 Aboriginal people employed in the area.
Aksis, Edmonton’s Aboriginal business and professional association, is…