The Alberta government has begun conversations about Bill 22 with indigenous communities across the province and will be continuing this…Continue Reading

Parents and grandparents went to school Friday on the Piikani Nation. They were taking part in the 2016 parent conference at Piikani Nation Secondary School. The conference had the theme “Healthy Minds, Healthy Communities, Healthy Families and Healthy Schools.” “The theme of this year’s conference is focusing on the medicine wheel,” principal Crystal Good Rider…Continue Reading

The Piikani Youth Education Foundation recently held its annual awards night. A large crowd of community members turned out at…Continue Reading

Lethbridge College will support students displaced by a fire that destroyed Red Crow Community College last week. An early-morning fire Aug. 14 destroyed the college, displacing as many as 500 students. Fire crews and police were called to the college and former residential school just north of Cardston at around 4:15 a.m. “This is a…Continue Reading

A record number of First Nations graduates at F.P. Walshe school were honoured Friday during an eagle feather blessing ceremony. Blackfoot elder Peter Strikes With A Gun carried out the ceremony with nine graduating First Nations in a tipi set up on the grounds of the 1184 North West Mounted Police Barracks provincial historic site.…Continue Reading

Anglican Church leaders know that a national tragedy needs immediate attention. Last week bells at Anglican churches across Canada rang…Continue Reading

HEATHER CAMERON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR A rally to bring awareness to 10 deaths connected to the drug Oxy 80 was held Monday at Moccasin Flats just outside of Cardston. “These RCMP should get their act together and get these guys straightened out,” Blood Tribe member Elvis Clovis Shot On Both Sides said. Shot On Both…Continue Reading

Three new compositions written by distinguished composers Benjamin Ellin, Charles Heller and David Jaeger will receive world premieres during the…Continue Reading

Prime Minister Stephen Harper introduced a historic agreement Friday at Kainai high school that gives First Nations control over their education system. The First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act sets standards for education and attendance along with stable funding. “In Canada we have never had the system of First Nations education that we…Continue Reading