First Nations

Âsokêwin Friendship Centre loses important provincial funding

The sokwin Friendship Centre, formerly the Rocky Native Friendship Centre Society, recently learned they are set to lose important funding from the province. "We will be losing two programs March 31, ...

Dec 03, 2019

First Nations take action to evict drug dealers

Two Central Alberta First Nations are taking action to drive out the illegal drug trade and improve the lives of local youth. Chiefs from the O'Chiese and Sunchild First Nation signed bylaws on Wednes...

Nov 21, 2019 Pictured from left to right Sunchild Councillour Joey Pete, Sunchild Chief Jonathan Frencheater, O'Chiese Chief Douglas Beaverbones and ASETS Data Manager for Yellowhead Tribal Council Bernadine Coleman.

Community invited to upcoming Red Deer Native Friendship Society conference

Members of the community are invited to join the Red Deer Native Friendship Society for their upcoming conference, Nov. 18-19 at the Baymont Inn and Suites.TALK Conference: Truth Awakening Love & ...

Nov 13, 2019

Metis veterans get long-awaited recognition ahead of Remembrance Day

OTTAWA - Metis contributions to Canada's Second World War effort are being recognized at a special ceremony in the nation's capital today. The ceremony comes two months after the federal governme...

Nov 08, 2019

Celebrating the efforts of Indigenous veterans

LETHBRIDGE- November 8 marks a special day across the nation.It's National Aboriginal Veterans Day (NAVD), celebrating the many contributions of Indigenous soldiers during the First and Second World W...

Nov 08, 2019 November 8 marks National Aboriginal Veterans Day (Photo: The Canadian Press)

Red Deer schools honour Orange Shirt Day

It was 1973 and six-year-old Phyllis Webstad had just picked out a brand new orange shirt for the dawning school year.What happened next is now recognized annually by Canadians on Sept. 30 in the form...

Sep 30, 2019 Noah Bousquet and Ana Paulin, grade four students at Ecole Barrie WIlson Elementary, with vice-principal Rhonda Eidem (left) and Red Deer Public Schools' First Nations, Metis and Inuit coordinator Hayley Christen. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

St. Elizabeth Seton wins Orange Shirt Day button design contest

For Orange Shirt Day this year, Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools First Nations, Mtis, and Inuit Support Team hosted a button design contest that was open to all students. In this contest, students w...

Sep 26, 2019 (Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools)

Drum and Sash program helping Métis find their way with communicable diseases

An Alberta-based research project is connecting Mtis people to better testing for communicable diseases like syphilis, Hepatitis C and HIV.Drum and Sash is a five-year initiative led by the Canadian A...

Sep 20, 2019

AFN outlines First Nations election priorities ahead of fall vote

OTTAWA - Canada has been treating Indigenous issues as higher priorities since the last federal election but more work needs to be done, says Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde. The...

Sep 09, 2019

Town, Rocky Native Friendship Centre and FCSS to host multicultural event

The Rocky Native Friendship Centre has partnered with FCSS and the Town of Rocky Mountain House to bring a multicultural day event to Rocky."We're looking at bringing in different cultures and ethnic ...

Sep 05, 2019