Indigenous lawyer should be next appointee to the Supreme Court

Amy Malbeuf’s The Mealy Mountains and Three Artists Fly North (2013) harness beadwork as a central means of exploring identity. For Malbeuf, the intention is to translate abstract expressionist techniques to bead work.
(Photo: Brandon Clarida)

May 9, 2016.

After opening up its community to Fort McMurray residents who fled north last Tuesday, on the weekend Fort McKay residents came under a voluntary evacuation order.

“The issue is not the proximity to the wildfire as much as it is to heavy smoke that exists in the area. It is a bit of an isolated community and we are concerned that if the fire should shift (so) that we’ve asked for voluntary evacuation,” said Scott Long, executive director operations with Alberta Emergency Management Agency, on Saturday.

May 9, 2016. Hit drama series Blackstone won two Rosies Sunday night at the gala in Calgary. Producers Ron E Scott and Jesse Szymanski with the Edmonton-based Prairie Dog Film + Television took the award for best production reflecting cultural diversity for the episode “Bottle Caps.” Jordyn White won for best performance by an Alberta actress for her work in the episode “The River’s Edge.” The five-year drama finished its successful run in 2015.

Government officials visit evacuation reception centres

May 9, 2016

A historic rock art conference that will bring together the leading Indigenous rock art scholars in British Columbia, as well as  scholars from Spain, France and New Zealand, will be hosted for the first time ever by Indigenous people.

Participants will learn about the latest international and local research on pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (rock carvings).

The conference will be held in Lytton, B.C. near the Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Heritage Park river valley and its rock art sites.

MAY 9, 2016.

Nothing can make up for what Mitchell Tremblay has lost.

“You could give me a million dollars and I’d rather have what I had before and I know I’ll never get that back,” he said Saturday, from in front of the Metis Nation of Alberta office in Edmonton. He was there, along with other Metis citizens, to see what services were available.

May 6, 2016.

The wild fires that forced the evacuation of Anzac, Gregoire Lake Estates and Fort McMurray First Nation in the early morning hours of Thursday, has caused more structural damage.

“We’ve got more information on Anzac and currently we understand the fire did breach the community late last night and while most of the community remains intact, about 18-20 structures have been potentially lost,” said Chad Morrison, senior manager with Alberta Wildfire Prevention.

May 6, 2016.

The province announced this afternoon that it had established a task force to undertake recovery efforts in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

“We have a long road ahead of us and we are still dealing with this initial threat and the risks to public safety, property and infrastructure, but we know that it’s never too early to begin planning for the recovery and our government has already begun this process,” said Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee.

May 9, 2016.

Métis citizens who were forced to evacuate their homes in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo early last week are turning to the Métis Nation of Alberta for immediate support.

Photo: Colleen Enns (left) and Sara Parker help Métis  evacuees from the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo access immediate services, including medical help.
(Photo: Shari Narine)