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Our lead story: members of Grassy Narrows First Nation in northwestern Ontario visit Ottawa to call on the Carney government to clean up mercury deposits in their local river system, and for the PM to apologize for comments made earlier this year.
Our lead story: ongoing reaction to the Carney government's long-awaited release of its First Nations Clean Water Act, from federal opposition parties and a First Nation living under a boil water advisory since the mid-1990s. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: the Carney government introduces its long-awaited First Nations Clean Water Act to mixed reviews from First Nations leaders.
Our lead story: the federal government reports a 23% decrease in toxic drug deaths between 2024 and 2025, but notes the overall numbers remain higher than they were a decade ago.
Our featured story: sources say the Carney government will introduce long-awaited First Nations clean water legislation on June 16—days before Parliament is set to rise for the summer—a bill they'd previously committed to introduce last fall.
Our lead story: as jury considers its recommendations at coroner's inquest into 2020 death of Kingfisher Lake First Nation man Kevin Mamakwa, his family leads calls for the closure of Thunder Bay District Jail where he died.
Our featured story: pointing to slow wildfire responses due to overlapping government jurisdictions, a new Senate committee report recommends a single, federal co-ordination agency, to be created with Indigenous input.
Our lead story: as Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami releases its poverty reduction strategy for residents across Inuit Nunugat, ITK president Natan Obed says the federal Nutrition North program needs serious revamping.
Our lead story: Bill S-228—federal legislation to criminalize forced or coerced sterilization—unanimously passes third reading in the House of Commons.
Our lead story: a Winnipeg walk is held to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous men and boys, to support families left with more questions than answers.
Our lead story: efforts by some Senators to amend Bill C-9—the proposed federal anti-hate legislation—in order to include residential school denialism as a punishable crime are voted down by a majority in Canada's Senate.
Our lead story: calling it a violent crime crisis, First Nations leaders in northeast Saskatchewan await support after three homicides in as many weeks, including one from a recent double shooting at Pelican Narrows.
Our lead story: RCMP in northeast Saskatchewan say a suspect is now in custody following a double shooting in Pelican Narrows, but say charges have yet to be laid.
Our featured story: legal expert Pam Palmater says the Supreme Court dismissal of Wolastoqey Nation's application to challenge a New Brunswick Court of Appeal decision should not be seen as any kind of judgment by the SCC upon the Wolastoqey Aboriginal title claim. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: the Federal Court of Appeal sides with Kebaowek First Nation in Quebec, which, since 2024, has fought federal approval of a proposed nuclear waste dump at Chalk River, two hours northwest of Ottawa.
Our lead story: for the third consecutive time, a report by Canada's auditor general slams N.W.T.'s child and family services department for not meeting key responsibilities to kids in care, 98 per cent of whom are Indigenous.
Our lead story: Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler asserts that recent Indigenous-led efforts to find missing people in Thunder Bay, ON, have been more effective than those of police.
Our lead story: The Canadian government's lead role in the creation of the residential school system is the focus of the international Permanent Peoples' Tribunal underway this week in Montreal.
Our lead story: with federal Conservatives claiming private property rights are at risk in British Columbia—citing the Cowichan court decision recognizing Aboriginal title to lands in what's now Richmond B.C.—their related motion in the House of Commons fails. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: during a debate in the Manitoba legislature over people's use of force to defend their property, Conservative MLA Josh Guenter asserts the Saskatchewan farmer who fatally shot Colten Boushie in 2016 was 'the victim' in the situation.
Our featured story: the Senate committee on human rights hears that Bill C-9's proposed amendments to the Criminal Code concerning hate crimes should include residential school denialism and ensure the protection of Indigenous cultural spaces.
Our lead story: Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation calls for sustainable federal funding of its ongoing search for potential unmarked graves, with results so far showing several areas with high potential for human remains.
Our lead story: the sudden passing of 45-year-old cellist Cris Derksen in a two vehicle collision in Alberta has many mourning the loss of the Juno-nominated composer and performer.
Our lead story: last week's signing of a new pipeline deal between the feds and Alberta, one that could see construction start as early as September 2027, faces legal action from the Mikisew Cree First Nation, who claim decades of tar sands extraction has harmed their lands and people.
Our featured story: for the second year in a row, a walk for missing and murdered Indigenous men and boys is held in Winnipeg.
Our lead story: the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs claim victory after the Manitoba Court of King's Bench agrees provincial and federal governments have breached the constitutional rights of First Nations concerning child welfare self-governance. For more stories, visit aptnnews.ca
Our lead story: stepped-up efforts in Thunder Bay to locate Nodin Skunk, 25, and Ashlynn Bottle, 23, members of Mishkeegogamang First Nation last seen together April 26 in the city's south end.
Our lead story: with the Manitoba and federal governments keen to see Canada's only deepwater Arctic port transformed into a global resource corridor, some in the region want more locally-driven conversations to happen first.
Our lead story: the Liberal government says it's moving ahead with the $8.5 billion child welfare reform agreement with First Nations in Ontario, with monies set to flow as of May 29.
Our lead story: appearing before a House of Commons committee on Bill S-2—affecting who is eligible to gain (or re-gain) Indian Status—former Montreal Canadiens star goalie Carey Price is among several witnesses urging an end to the second-generation cut-off. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: record flooding in parts of northern Saskatchewan forces three First Nations—Red Earth, Shoal Lake Cree and Sturgeon Lake Cree—to evacuate some residents.
On today's Brief: a rundown of some of the many events held across Canada to mark yesterday's annual Red Dress Day, from Parliament Hill to Iqaluit, Winnipeg to Vancouver. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: just before Red Dress Day—the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people—some 400 MMIWG+ family members sign a letter calling on federal officials to re-direct funding away from national organizations to "the people most directly impacted."
Our lead story: a New Brunswick judge finds a RCMP officer not guilty of assaulting Mi'kmaw woman Christina Gillis during a June 2024 'wellness check' requested by her mother.
Our lead story: the Manitoba government discloses the final cost of its search for the remains of two First Nations women—Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran—at the Prairie Green landfill near Winnipeg. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: First Nations divided over open-net salmon farms in British Columbia travel to Ottawa to plead their respective cases to the federal government.
Our featured story: First Nations leaders in Manitoba say Bill C-21—the Red River Métis Self-Government Treaty Act—generates uncertainty concerning the protection of their treaty rights, lands, and jurisdiction.
Our featured story: the federal minister for Northern and Arctic Affairs says her office still awaits a report, due weeks ago, on the effectiveness of the Nutrition North program.
Our lead story: the recent back and forth of British Columbia politics over the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) has some wondering just where things stand, and for how long.
Our lead story: for the first time ever in the House of Commons, debate begins on a bill formally recognizing the Manitoba Métis Federation as a self-governing body.
Our lead story: the Supreme Court of Yukon delivers a verdict in the trial of Seth Boss, accused of the second-degree murder of Anthony Primozic in 2022.
Our lead story: charges laid in the tragic 2024 death of a six-year-old girl from The Pas, MB, after her caregivers—Ashley Morach, 39, and Joel Morach, 35—are both located by RCMP. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: scholar Darryl Leroux appeals Saskatchewan court ruling finding him guilty of defaming literature professor Michelle Coupal, partly on grounds the judge was mistaken in concluding her "claim to being Indigenous was made in good faith." >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: as calls for transparency and a public inquiry grow stronger following a media report of RCMP surveillance of Indigenous advocacy and political organizations throughout the latter half of the 20th century, some worry the practice persists.
Our lead story: chiefs in Manitoba demand transparency regarding RCMP surveillance of First Nations organizations and advocates throughout the late 60s to early 80s, as confirmed by a recent CBC investigation.
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