OTET News Release – Scholarship Recipients (FALL 2023) – November 7, 2023

Click here to view the scholarship recipients for Fall 2023.

“‘These are my people’: Bearspaw chief appeals to ISC amid Nation’s opioid crisis”

Click here to read Jessica Lee‘s article on MountainViewToday.

“Bearspaw First Nation Chief says his community needs extra resources to fight the opioid epidemic”

Click here to listen to a segment of the Bearspaw First Nation Chief on “As It Happens” hosted by Nil Köksal and Chris Howden on CBC Listen.

“Bearspaw First Nation to meet with federal officials as it copes with opiod crisis”

An article written by Frederik-Xavier Duhamel for The Globe and Mail. Click here to view a scan of the full article.

“Indigenous Services responds to Chief Dixon’s plead for help”

Click here to read an article written by Noel Edey for CochraneNow.

“Action sought on high death rate, dropping life expectancy in Bearspaw Nation”

Click here to view an article written by Noel Edey for the CochraneNow.

Bearspaw First Nation Announcement on Transparency and Accountability

Chief Darcy Dixon stated the Bearspaw First Nation fully respects the rights of our membership to receive annual audited financial statements and other financial information. The First Nations Financial Transparency Act is just another tool created without First Nation consent by Canada for the control and convenience of Canada in addressing its own liabilities. Transparency… Continue reading Bearspaw First Nation Announcement on Transparency and Accountability

Bearspaw Chief calls out Minister McIver over false dam project statements

Written by Jessica Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Rocky Mountain Outlook Click here to read more.

How Alberta can learn from some First Nations on how to save oil money

Written by Kyle Bakx for CBC News. Click here to read more.

Bearspaw chief pens letter to premier opposing sovereignty act

An article written by Jessica Lee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter for Rocky Mountain Outlook. Click here to read more.