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 leaders at the Alberta Organization of Treaty Chiefs gathering.

Alberta introduces climate change bill

After years of hard work—driven to improve the economic conditions for the Aboriginal people he serves—Keith Martell, one of the original founders of the First Nations Bank of Canada, will be receiving an honourary degree.

May 24, 2016.

Officials are still working on a plan that will allow residents in the largely destroyed Fort McMurray neighbourhoods of Waterways, Abasand and Beacon Hill to be able to return to their homes and personally retrieve keepsakes and valuables.

Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee said Tuesday that she understands the importance of that step. Following the Slave Lake fire in 2011, residents, whose homes were destroyed, were unable to return. They had to depend on first responders to wade through wreckage and rescue what was salvageable.

This two-page spread on Elder Nancy Scannie is part of Scholastic’s Take Action series geared to upper elementary students. (Photo: provided)

BTPS to go door-to-door to collect unused prescription drugs

May 24, 2016. The University of Saskatchewan will present Cindy Blackstock with an honourary degree at its June 2 spring convocation. Blackstock, as executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, carried the cause of First Nations children’s rights all the way to the Federal Court of Appeal in a decade-long legal campaign that resulted in a landmark decision in January by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

Life is good these days for Kale Kane.

Although still stinging – both mentally and physically - from the rigors of a long playoff run, which ended when his Chilliwack Chiefs fell just two wins shy of a BCHL (British Columbia Hockey League) championship, Kane is thrilled with where he’s at in life, and in hockey.

May 20, 2016.

Treaty 8 Grand Chief Steve Courtoreille hopes communication remains open with the government as Fort McMurray evacuees get ready to move on to the next stage of their ordeal.

May 19, 2016. The National Energy Board has approved Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion but with 157 conditions. Among those conditions is consultation with Indigenous peoples. NEB’s recommendation for Indigenous interests states, “Should the project proceed, Trans Mountain would be required to continue its consultation with potentially affected Indigenous groups throughout the life of the project.

May 19, 2016. The National Energy Board has approved Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion but with 157 conditions. Among those conditions is consultation with Indigenous peoples. NEB’s recommendation for Indigenous interests states, “Should the project proceed, Trans Mountain would be required to continue its consultation with potentially affected Indigenous groups throughout the life of the project.