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City Council adopts Oki as official City of Lethbridge greeting
The traditional Blackfoot greeting “Oki” has now been adopted as the official greeting of the City of Lethbridge. City Council voted unanimously in favour of passing the official business resolution brought forward by Mayor Chris Spearman. The adoption of the greeting is an important step towards honouring the original peoples of the land the city is built on […]
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Alberta Recreation and Parks Association: ChooseWell Healthy Community Grants
2020 HEALTHY COMMUNITY GRANTS Applications for the 2020 Healthy Community Grants are now open! Apply by October 31, 2019. Applicants must be registered with Communities ChooseWell in 2019 to be eligible to receive a grant. Register here! The goals of the Healthy Community Grant is to enable communities to: Take action to improve healthy eating […]
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Downtown community project celebrates Blackfoot language
September 12, 2019 A community project has been unveiled and is set to tour the Downtown in celebration of Indigenous language and Reconciliation Week. The three-dimensional word “Oki”, the traditional Blackfoot greeting, has been created in celebration of the United Nations year of Indigenous Language. The unique collaboration between the Reconciliation Lethbridge Advisory Committee (RLAC) […]
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Jason Kenney fires back at Amnesty International criticism of ‘war room’: read the full text – JWN
September 13, 2019 Alberta Premier Jason Kenney published an open letter to Amnesty International Canada secretary general Alex Neve on Thursday, responding to the group’s assertion that Alberta’s fight against foes of the oil and gas industry puts human rights at risk. In his own open letter on Tuesday, Neve said that Amnesty International is […]
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Community project celebrating Blackfoot language unveiled – Lethbridge News Now
September 12, 2019 LETHBRIDGE — A three-dimensional community project designed to help celebrate Indigenous language and Reconciliation Week was unveiled at the Galt Museum on Thursday (Sept 12). Block letters spelling the word “Oki”, which is the Blackfoot word for “welcome”, was created in recognition of the United Nations’ year of Indigenous Language. The project […]
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Amnesty International: Statement from Premier Kenney
September 12, 2019 “Dear Mr. Neve, “Before responding to your open letter, titled “Human rights concerns regarding the Government of Alberta’s “Fight Back Strategy,” I would like to offer a note of sympathy. Honestly, it can’t be easy being the long-time head of Amnesty International Canada (AI), stuck in annoyingly free and peaceful Canada, having […]
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Stoney Nakoda Nations announce Prtnership with Steel River Group
Morley, Alberta: (September 12, 2019) –Stoney Nakoda Nations are proud to announce its partnership with Steel River Group. Steel River Group is a privately held and Indigenous owned and operated company that was born out of a deep belief that there has never been a better time to reimagine how an Indigenous business defines, creates and […]
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Steel River Group: CEO Letter – September 2019
September 11, 2019 Firstly I apologize for the gap in issuing you a letter – time seems to have slipped away from me these last many months. We joke that every 3 months around here, feels like a year, and I must agree with that statement today as I write this letter. Admittedly today’s letter […]
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Blood Tribe and Indigena Capital Partner on Growth Investment in Blood Tribe Forage Operation
STAND OFF, Alberta, Sept. 12, 2019 — The Blood Tribe, together with their financial partner Indigena Capital, LP (“Indigena”), is pleased to announce a significant growth equity investment in the Blood Tribe’s on-Reserve forage processing and export business, Kainai Forage, LP (“Kainai Forage” or the “Company”). With over 13,000 members, the Blood Tribe has been […]
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Athabasca Minerals Appoints Terrance Kutryk to Board of Directors and Board Update
September 11th, 2019 EDMONTON, ALBERTA. Athabasca Minerals Inc. (“AMI” or the “Corporation”) (TSX Venture: ABM) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Terrance Kutryk, MBA, ICD.D to the Corporation’s Board of Directors, effective September 5th, 2019, and subject to TSX Venture Exchange final approval. Mr. Kutryk brings a track record of executive leadership in […]
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