Andrea Huncar

Apr 21, 2024 | cbc.ca | Andrea Huncar

A new shelter opening this fall in west Edmonton will offer specialized services to a growing number of unhoused newcomers. Hope Mission has seen a 700 per cent increase in visitors, refugees and newer immigrants they serve. Last year 199 newcomers stayed at Hope - up from 25 newcomers in 2022. Staff say it's not slowing down. "We recognize that it would be better to have people in one place to receive specialized support," Tim Pasma, director of programs at Hope Mission, said in a recent interview.

Mar 27, 2024 | cbc.ca | Andrea Huncar

Plains Cree musician Joel Wood cracks up his wife as he describes how he emerged from his mother's womb. "I kind of came out singing - Waahh Yaaahh Hoka hey," Wood says. Despite a lifetime of performing, Wood was caught off-guard as he danced his way to the stage in Halifax Saturday with his wife, album collaborator and comedian Tonia Jo Hall, to accept his first Juno award for traditional Indigenous artist of the year.

Jan 4, 2024 | msn.com | Andrea Huncar

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Sep 18, 2023 | cbc.ca | Andrea Huncar

Experts say it has never succeeded before in Alberta - but a young man from Little Red River Cree Nation is unwilling to back down in his efforts to privately prosecute the police officer who left him with life-altering injuries. After an investigation, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) asked the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service (ACPS) to consider laying excessive force charges against Const. Ben Todd in April but the Crown declined to prosecute.

Sep 7, 2023 | cbc.ca | Andrea Huncar

A First Nations group in northern Alberta has declared a state of emergency and launched a task force to tackle an escalating mental health and addictions crisis that they say has caused the deaths of dozens of community members. The Athabasca Tribal Council, which represents five First Nations in northern Alberta, says 60 community members have died this year from overdose, suicides and the results of self-harm, and is calling on all levels of government for financial support.