Four Alberta FN communities fear wildfires
As the residents of the Lesser Slave Lake area flee their homes and leave their communities behind, fire fighters from Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario are flying into northern Alberta.
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Alberta firestorm consumes town, roars on
Thousands of firefighters from British Columbia, Saskatchewan and from across Alberta are fighting for control of a massive wildfire.
Lubicon now face second threat as Alberta wildfires creep closer
A beleaguered First Nations community already dealing with the health and environmental impacts of a massive oil spill is now starting to evacuate as raging forest fires in northern Alberta, which have already consumed part of a town, creep closer.
Comedian Howie Miller comes home
APTN National News Howie Miller has won American comedy awards, performed in Montreal’s world-famous Just…
Lubicon youth turn to YouTube in hopes public will “imagine” living through oil spill
Lubicon youth have turned to YouTube to tell the world about what they are now facing in the wake of Alberta’s largest oil spill in the last 30 years.
‘Apologies are just to save face’ over Alberta oil spill ‘disaster,’ says Lubicon chief
The chief of the Lubicon Cree says the Alberta government’s recent apologies for the devastating oil spill on Lubicon territory is not enough.
Alberta oil spill triggers ‘state of emergency’ in NWT community
Norman Wells in the Northwest Territories has declared a state of emergency.
Dene Suline launch blockade over burial site
In northern Alberta a blockade is underway by members of the Dene Suline, a part of Cold Lake First Nation.
Alberta oil spill fears flowing north
First Nations leaders in the Northwest Territories are also concerned over the oil spill in northern Alberta.