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Esquao – February 28, 2025 Media Release
Edmonton, Alberta – February 28, 2025, The identification of possible human remains at a Manitoba landfill is a painful reminder and once again brings to light the devastating crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S) in Canada. This discovery serves as a stark reminder of the urgent need for continued […]
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Skull removed from Indigenous statue in Okotoks sparks calls for its return – CityNews
Feb 28, 2025 Part of an Indigenous art sculpture in the middle of an Okotoks neighbourhood has gone missing, leaving residents in shock. Sheila Hughes went to Westridge Park Saturday morning, where the sculpture was erected nearly decades ago. She says she immediately noticed something wasn’t right, and contacted police. “I looked at the statue […]
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Bolstering efforts to combat human trafficking
Feb 21, 2025 Alberta’s government is awarding $5.5 million in grant funding to 19 organizations working to stop human trafficking and empower survivors. Feb. 22 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and Alberta’s government is reaffirming its commitment to combatting this unthinkable crime. Human trafficking is a violation of fundamental human rights that takes advantage […]
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ASIRT releases updates on two recent investigations
Feb 20, 2025 The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has released updates on two investigations. CPS officer charged with aggravated assault and careless use of a firearm ASIRT was directed to investigate a Calgary Police Service officer regarding the discharge of his firearm during the arrest of a person. The evidence gathered during ASIRT’s […]
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Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Alberta
From: Department of Justice Canada January 27, 2025 The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and the diversity of the Canadian population, and will continue to ensure the appointment of jurists who […]
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Otipemisiwak Métis Government Reacts to Parole Board of Canada Decision
On January 22, 2025, Roger Bilodeau’s request for full parole was denied by the Parole Board of Canada. The Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta wishes to acknowledge this decision. On March 27, 2020, Maurice Cardinal and Jacob Sansom, had just finished their constitutionally protected right to hunt and harvest when they […]
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Chester Cunningham, an advocate for Indigenous offenders in Alberta, ‘couldn’t stand unfairness’ – CBC
Jan 22, 2025 Métis man founded Native Counselling Services of Alberta in 1970 The family of Chester Cunningham remembers him as a man who saw the good in everyone, and had a drive to help Indigenous offenders. He died last month in Barrhead, Alta., at age 91. Cunningham’s daughter Carola Cunningham says her dad “couldn’t stand bullies, […]
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Billboard campaign launched in hopes of finding missing Indigenous woman – cfweradio.ca
Jan 22, 2025 The Edmonton Police service is renewing calls for help in finding missing 40-year-old Indigenous woman Jeannine Ermineskin. EPS have partnered with the Native Counselling Services of Alberta, REACH Edmonton and Crime Stoppers to launch a billboard with her name, photo and contact information for reporting tips. Constable Matthew Broadfoot with the EPS’s […]
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Nipping family violence in the bud
Jan 21, 2025 Every year, thousands of Albertans are faced with the devastating and long-lasting trauma of family violence. Family violence takes many forms, including intimate partner and gender-based violence, sexual assault, coercion, and child abuse and neglect. Each form can affect survivors’ overall well-being, as well as their ability to trust, form healthy relationships […]
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Edmonton Police hope new billboard generates tips in 3-year disappearance of Indigenous woman – CBC
Jan 21, 2025 Jeannine Ermineskin last seen at downtown mall on Jan. 6, 2022 Edmonton police say they hope a new digital billboard in the city’s downtown will help generate information about the disappearance of Jeannine Ermineskin from the area over three years ago. Edmonton Police Services (EPS) say Ermineskin’s family last heard from her […]
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