Edmonton Police Service to tackle violence with new techniques
APTN National News The city of Edmonton could be facing its record 46th homicide in…
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Hobbema boy to skate for Canada at World Juniors
APTN National News The town of Hobbema, in central Alberta, saw its share of violence…
Peaceful protestors charged with “intimidation”
By Kimlee Wong APTN National News Cardston, AB Three Kainai women from the Blood reserve…
Shell sued for failing to meet environmental agreements
APTN National News The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in northern Alberta is suing Shell Canada….
Samson Cree holding referendum on banishment law
he chief and council on the Samson Cree Nation in Alberta are trying to halt the violence that plagues the reserve.
AFN kept “oil pipelines” resolution from vote over “terrorism” concerns: Manitoba chief
A resolution from Manitoba chiefs calling for “action on oil pipelines” was kept from a vote during the special chiefs assembly in Ottawa last week because a lawyer for the Assembly of First Nations determined it could be interpreted as “terrorism,” according to the chief who proposed the resolution.
Chiefs rally around Attawapiskat as call issued for oil pipeline blockade in three provinces
Manitoba chiefs called for “action” against existing oil pipelines on a day of heated words at a special chiefs assembly in Ottawa that heard from embattled Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence and saw an impromptu march to the doors of Parliament Hill that ended with police intervention.
Northern Gateway pipeline facing stiff opposition
Canada is looking to sell Alberta’s tar sands oil to Asia.
NWT leaders fear tar sands means disaster for key watershed
As APTN reported last week, a new study on the Mackenzie River Basin has raised new concerns in the Northwest Territories.