Warning issued over Alberta bison diseases
The government of Alberta is warning First Nations and Metis people who hunt bison that one of the largest remaining herds is showing evidence of two serious diseases that can be communicated to humans.
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‘Keeping the languages alive’
APTN National News This summer, six students are graduating from the University of Alberta’s Canadian…
Alberta Indigenous Games begin
APTN National News The North American Indigenous Games have been cancelled for 2011, but that…
5 year old killed while sleeping in Alberta
APTN National News 5 year old Ethan Yellowbird is the latest victim of gang violence…
AFN joins tobacco battle
The Assembly of First Nations has joined the battle over First Nations cigarettes after chiefs passed a resolution directing national Chief Shawn Atleo to press Ottawa and the provinces to back off attempts to regulate the tobacco trade between communities.
Some chiefs raise concerns AFN ignoring views of Treaty nations
The push by Assembly of First Nations national Chief Shawn Atleo to radically alter Canada’s relationship with First Nations has left some chiefs wondering whether the national organization is overreaching on its mandate.
Remembering lost children
Representatives from Aboriginal communities in central Alberta gathered together to honour the dead children from a residential school that closed its doors over 60 years ago.
Rising boxing star killed in Edmonton
A rising First Nations boxing star was killed in a car accident Sunday night.
Alberta’s woodland caribou in danger
APTN National News Three Alberta First Nations are launching an effort to place the woodland…