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First Nations learning about waste management through new program
First Nations students are learning how to protect the environment through a new waste management program. The Green Employment Pilot Project being offered by the Tribal Chief Employment and Training Services Association (TCETSA), has participants training in the...
read moreGovernment Announces Part II of Path Forward on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project
Today, the Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Natural Resources, announced the second part of the Government’s path forward to address the Court’s August 30, 2018, decision on TMX.
read moreForest Sociology: The Importance of Knowledge Exchange and Collaboration (Chief Scientist Vlog)
This national forest week, learn more about forest sociology with the Chief Scientist, Donna Kirkwood.
read moreAlex Janvier paints the vast landscape of Indigenous life
As a child, art gave Indigenous painter Alex Janvier escape from the horrors of residential school. As an adult, it’s given him nationwide fame and communion with his culture. Watch him prepare for his upcoming exhibit in Italy and muse on his legacy.
read moreProvince gives waterline funding the green light
Last week, the Regional Water Commission were notified the province would be funding the $11-million overage for the regional waterline. According to Town of Bonnyville Mayor Gene Sobolewski, who is also the chair for the Regional Water Commission, it couldn’t have...
read moreFederal government creates statutory holiday recognizing the tragic legacy of residential schools
Bonnyville Native Friendship Centre program coordinator Alania Sanregret feels the federal government’s announcement of a statutory holiday to honour the survivors of residential schools is a step in the right direction, however there’s a long way to go when it comes...
read moreMunicipalities want to be involved with CLFN land use plan
The Town of Bonnyville wants to learn more about the Cold Lake First Nation’s (CLFN) land use plan. During their regular council meeting on June 26, the Town of Bonnyville discussed a letter sent by CLFN outlining a plan for their lands and resources....
read moreCLFN Member Alex Angnaluak was awarded first place over 500 submissions in the prestigious Historica Canada Indigenous Arts and Stories contest.
“My ultimate dream as an artist is to have a solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada,” says 24-year-old artist Alex Angnaluak, who was born in Cold Lake.
After getting first place in the prestigious Historica Canada Indigenous Arts and Stories contest last year, and now enrolled in a fine arts course at Algonquin College in Ottawa, he’s well on his way.
read moreMan living in shack on northern Alberta reserve pleads for housing with running water
A man living in a shack without running water for more than 12 years on a northern Alberta reserve is asking for help.
read moreDenezi Nalts’i Hok’anadei/Electoral Reform Commission
The Commission has one last community meeting to be held at the Band Office on February 15, 2018, from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
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