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An initiative of the Alberta Centre for Active Living that enables First Nations communities to carry out exercise programs for their seniors is proving to be a valuable addition to services offered.
The Home Support Exercise Program is a physical activity intervention program based on prevention and maintenance and is aimed at older adults who are receiving home-care services. First…
The newly created cadets program on the Sunchild and O’Chiese reserves is facing a major stumbling block.
The program, a partnership between the Rocky Mountain House RCMP and the two southern reserves, is modelled after the successful program in Hobbema.
In operation for only eight months, the Sunchild O’Chiese program was attracting an average of 33 youth each week.
“The…
Students who received the prestigious Belcourt Brosseau Métis Award will be one step closer to achieving their academic dreams.
“It’s very difficult to describe how much this means to me,” said 18-year-old Matthew Hiltermann. “School is really something I wouldn’t be able to do without this award.”
Hiltermann has been given $5,000 to finish his degree at the University of Calgary…
For several years, Tim Davidson of Timko Developments, built houses for those in need in places like Mexico, Haiti, Honduras and Brazil, but his latest project, in partnership with the Wesley First Nation, was much closer to home. Beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24 and working around the clock on the donated time of skilled sub-contractors, Davidson and over 100 volunteers pitched in to…
Eating a traditional diet can help control Type II diabetes, said Dr. Jay Wortman, a Métis who grew up in Fort Vermilion and is now a doctor and researcher at the University of Victoria.
“When I stopped eating starch and sugar…my blood sugar dropped and stayed there,” Wortman said at a two-day health conference hosted by North Peace Tribal Council’s Many Jurisdictions One System…
Positive energy and pride, said Alvina Lake, is what the Nov. 19 Indigenous Healthy Living Walk is all about.
“The walk is powerful, very emotional. You have to be a part of it to feel actually what we are walking for. For me, I’m walking to, hopefully show people that if they seek help, well we are actually there (for them)…it’s a healthy pride to experience,” said Lake, aftercare cultural…
A new program that uses the traditional sharing circle and involves Elders is aiming to improve the attendance of Edmonton-area Aboriginal students who are truant.
The Aboriginal Attendance Circle program combines restorative justice and a sharing circle model to raise school attendance, lower drop-out rates and encourage high achievement among truant students, according to Charlene Hay,…
A 21-year-old from southern Alberta’s Piikani First Nation is one of seven young women who have been awarded a Rose Nolan Memorial Scholarship.
The monetary contribution will enable Abby Morning Bull to concentrate on her studies in her Bachelor of Arts program at the University of Lethbridge, where she is majoring in Native American Studies.
“I was completely in awe and couldn’t…
As if winning second runner-up in June’s Miss Universe Canada competition wasn’t enough excitement for Ashley Callingbull, the 20-year-old Cree beauty from Enoch has just returned from competing in the Miss Friendship International Pageant in Hubei, China.
Callingbull said she was picked by the MUC director to attend the international pageant. “You never win Miss Universe the first time…
Habitat for Humanity and the First Nations Technical Services Advisory Group have struck a significant partnership that will see 10 homes built for First Nations people in Edmonton over the next few years.
Habitat has for a long time encouraged First Nations to become Habitat home owners, explained Alfred Nikolai, president and CEO of Habitat for Humanity, Edmonton.
“Habitat has a…
The Guardian Angels have been patrolling Edmonton for the past three years, but four months ago the group was joined by a new member who brings a unique quality to their work.
Jason Peters is the only First Nations member of the Edmonton Chapter of the Guardian Angels. The volunteer safety patrol conducts walks in several neighbourhoods of the city, rides the LRT during football and…
Eleven years ago, Xstine Cook envisioned a painted mural that would honour the life of Blood woman Gloria Black Plume. Black Plume’s body was found in an alley way within the southeast Ramsey neighbourhood in Calgary in 1999. Black Plume was a mother, grandmother, aunty, and cousin who had been brutally beaten. Two men responsible for her death were acquitted of charges, with one of the men…
The day after the municipal elections, Edmonton’s only Aboriginal candidate was tired and disappointed.
“The electorate are really having a difficult time with who they voted in (previously but) . . . they’re going with what they know,” said Duane Good Striker, who placed a distant fifth on a slate of five candidates in Ward 8. Incumbent Ben Henderson was returned by a margin of almost…
Calgary university recruits students
Katie Hope, Aboriginal and Multicultural admissions officer for the University of Calgary offers advice to students during the Blueprint For The Future career fair held on Oct. 26 in Edmonton. The event, hosted by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, is Canada’s largest Aboriginal career fair. It takes place twice a year…
Amero includes city in tour
Singer/songwriter Don Amero stopped in Edmonton Oct. 29 on his Canadian tour, which is highlighting his third album The Long Way Home and its country-flavoured first single Right Where I Wanna Be. Amero is nominated for Aboriginal Songwriter of the Year, Best Pop CD, and Best Album Cover Design at this year’s Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music…