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Objections from the Fort McKay First Nation over Athabasca Oil Corporation’s Dover oilsands project caused stock to fall for the company in the first quarter of the year. The Energy Resources Conservation Board still has to render its decision on the project. “I remain confident that Dover will receive regulatory approval for development later this year,” Athabasca chief executive…
On May 21, members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and the Native Village of Point Hope, Alaska, attended the Royal Dutch Shell AGM in The Hague, Netherlands, to confront the chair and board over Shell’s decision to pursue highly risky ‘extreme energy’ projects without adequate consultation and accommodation of Indigenous communities. “The ACFN leadership has made a commitment…
Aline Auger (right), teacher assistant at Mistassiniy School in Wabasca-Desmarais, was recognized for 35 years of service by principal Dafydd Thomas and Northland School Division Superintendent Donna Barrett. The school board recently gave out special achievement awards and long service awards to a wide range of employees, including bus drivers, teachers, administration and support staff.
The Piitoyais Family School opened in 2002 following the closure of the Plains Indian Cultural Survival High School, is the first urban school in Canada run by and for Indigenous people.
The Calgary Board of Education, together with Calgary’s urban Aboriginal community, agreed that an elementary school was needed to teach Kindergarten to Grade 6 classes through the lens of Aboriginal…
Edmonton has become the first city in Alberta to officially join forces with the province to commit to improving the quality of life and opportunities for urban Aboriginals.
“I think that the most important thing that (this memorandum) does is that it recognizes the urban aspect of the Aboriginal community. I think for those living in Edmonton, or those living in other major urban…
Buffy Sainte-Marie lives the definition of a creative life. She is best known as a singer/songwriter and performer, but is also a multi-media artist and Aboriginal educator. Sainte-Marie was in Edmonton for the Dreamspeakers Film Festival where she was inducted into the Walk of Honour on May 31 and performed at the closing gala on June 1.
With a career that spans more than 40 years,…
The staff and members of Edmonton’s Canadian Native Friendship Centre are celebrating the enhancement of the Elder’s programs.
“It will allow us to deliver more support services to Elders. We recently extended an open invitation to the Elders in urban Edmonton to a tea and bannock event so they could have a say in the programming and we had over 50 attend,” said Executive Director Adam…
Member churches are collaborating with KAIROS, a social justice ecumenical organization which includes representation from the churches that signed the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement, to prepare the public for five upcoming hearings in Alberta by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission over the next few months.
These hearings along with church and KAIROS-sponsored events…
The Alberta Treaty Hockey Championships just might have a new home.
The tournament was held in Calgary for its first 10 years. But the majority of the games at this year’s event, which concluded Mar. 31, were staged in Cochrane.
Alberta Treaty Hockey Association president Marty Wildman said
Some off-ice incidents 2012 off-ice incidents that did not involve tournament…
Award-winning Cree actor Michelle Thrush has experienced success in her starring roles in the CBC drama Arctic Air, and for appearances on APTN and in Aboriginal communities around Alberta. But attending the prestigious International Film Festival in Cannes, France, was an exciting opportunity that brought her exposure to a whole new world.
The festival, which ran this year from May 15…
Ron Buffalo will be continuing his extensive and varying responsibilities with Alberta entries at the North American Indigenous Games.
Over the years Buffalo has competed in the games himself, coached various teams and also handled numerous behind-the-scene activities.
Buffalo, a 62-year-old member of the Samson Cree Nation who lives in Hobbema, can now add another title to his…
Music has been proven to nurture the hearts and transform the lives of people but nowhere is this more obvious than when children learn to play a musical instrument.
Unfortunately, with today’s high cost of living, music lessons are only a remote dream for many youth who are living in a one-income household. Rent or mortgage payments, utilities, groceries and other basic necessities…
Aboriginal youth from throughout southern Alberta gathered in Calgary for the second annual Aboriginal Youth Explosion.
Second annual Aboriginal Youth Explosion
On May 12, Bridges Social Development presented its second annual Aboriginal Youth Explosion at Mount Royal University. Aboriginal youth from throughout southern Alberta…
School district, city celebrate with powwow
The Edmonton Catholic School District and Aboriginal Learning Services along with the City of Edmonton presented the annual Ben Calf Robe Society powwow in mid-May. The event was hosted by Eugene Alexis with Blackstone as the host drum group. The traditional powwow followed a silent auction, which raised funds for the ECSD…
A new co-management agreement signed between the province and the Métis Settlement General Council will mean more economic opportunities for Métis settlements.
“The real big benefit of this agreement is that now, with industry coming on settlement land, there always has to be a benefit proposal package,” said Adam Kerr, policy analyst with MSGC.
That benefit package would include…