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Our lead story: a recent anti-Reconciliation rally staged near a First Nation by 30 masked men in B.C. is just the latest in a rising tide of such activity, says an expert on white supremacist groups in Canada.
Our lead story: concerning images circulate online of a rally of some 30 disguised men—allegedly part of alt-right group, "Sons of Canada"—at Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc in B.C.'s Interior, just two days before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Our lead story: three Pinaymootang First Nation men—Brian Anderson, Allan Woodhouse and Clarence Woodhouse—wrongfully convicted of a 1973 murder each receive $4M in a settlement with the province of Manitoba.
Our lead story: after an in-depth review, the federal justice minister orders a new appeal in the 1994 murder convictions of sisters Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance for the death of 72-year-old Jason Dolff.
Our featured story: the family of a Saskatchewan woman who died during child birth last month claims she'd sought help from a hospital two days prior to her death, only to be sent home.
Our lead story: a day after MPs return to the House of Commons, the Assembly of First Nations outlines its priorities for the upcoming session, seeking a more consultative approach to major economic projects and enabling legislation.
Our lead story: with MPs returning this week to start the fall session of Parliament, the sitting will see the proposed First Nations Clean Water Act and changes to the Indian Act both go to committee.
Our lead story: the Quebec municipality of Oka—site of the so-called "Oka crisis" in 1990—once again faces a potential land dispute after proposed housing triggers resistance from Mohawk residents of Kanehsatà꞉ke.
Our lead story: the federal government and First Nations children's advocacy groups continue to disagree on the best path forward for long-term child welfare reform.
Our lead story: the death of Miranda Mamakwa—who, weeks prior on social media, criticized the federal Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) program for failing to arrange her travel to medical appointments—prompts concerns about the circumstances surrounding her passing.
Our lead story: 'Kino Aski LNG,' a proposed west-to-east gas pipeline touted at this week's Canadian Investment Summit in Toronto, finds both support and opposition among First Nations in Quebec and Ontario. >interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: following the recent federal rejection of NunatuKavut Community Council's bid for recognition as Indigenous under Section 35, it's unclear what that means going forward for the southern Labrador group's fishing licences and funding access.
Our lead story: a federal judge orders the federal government to compensate Opaskwayak Cree Nation $27 million for its failure to protect OCN's way of life from damages caused by a Manitoba Hydro megaproject.
Our lead story: Ginoogaming—a First Nation in northern Ontario under a state of emergency since 2024—seeks urgent assistance with its overwhelming drug crisis.
Our lead story: an offer of flood-related compensation from Hydro-Québec to four Algonquin Nations—stemming from the impacts of hydroprojects over the past 100 years—falls far short of what the affected parties expect.
Our lead story: the federal government announces over $400 million in support towards construction of a long-promised, all-season highway through the northern territory of Denendeh. >interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our featured story: tributes pour forth from across British Columbia and beyond following news of the recent passing of prominent Tsleil-Waututh leader and B.C. MLA Joan Phillip / Amshen after a long battle with cancer. >interstitial: zapslat.com
Our lead story: as a toxic drug crisis continues to harm and take lives in the Yukon, advocates have sounded the alarm over the relative rise in use of synthetic opioid cychlorphine in the territorial capital. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: 41-year-old Elizabeth Taqaq Kumak becomes Quebec's fourteenth femicide of 2026 after she's allegedly killed by her partner last week in Inukjuak.
Our featured story: after a clean Liberal sweep of all three Monday by-elections, a First Nations professor wonders whether voters' apparent validation of the Liberals' trade-focused agenda could see the cause of Reconciliation take a back seat.
Our lead story: friends, family and supporters of the late Barbara Kentner gather in Ottawa to call for a review of the recent decision to fully parole a man convicted in her death nine years ago.
Our featured story: months after a serious altercation at a Winnipeg Dollarama between an Impact Security Group employee and an Indigenous man led to charges against the guard, ISG now employs an Indigenous 'ambassador' at the store.
Our featured item: APTN's 'Truth & Politics' panel weighs in on a new climate emergencies report which found 134 First Nations and 40,000 evacuees were impacted by Canadian wildfires in 2025.
Our lead story: renewed turmoil at the top levels of the Southern Chiefs Organization—representing 33 Anishinaabe and Dakota nations in southern Manitoba—as another call emerges for the ouster of current SCO grand chief Jerry Daniels.
Our lead story: a rise in uranium exploration sites in northern Saskatchewan prompts the Clearwater River Dene Nation to initiate traffic checks on vehicles travelling through their lands.
Our lead story: with talks between Canada and the U.S. breaking down late Friday evening, and a new round of 50% American tariffs on Canadian goods looming, Indigenous businesses are among those expected to be hurt by the 'trade war.'
Our featured story: recently unveiled in Ottawa, the national monument 'Thunderhead'—dedicated to victims of 2SLGBTQI+ discrimination—is said to be the only one of its kind in the world.
Our featured story: the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) call upon the Manitoba government to stop the province's public energy utility from adding three natural gas powered turbines to an existing facility in Brandon. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our featured story: with the province's first supervised consumption site now in its first week of operation, Manitoba's premier hopes it will be seen as just "another part of our healthcare system."
Our lead story: family of the late Barbara Kentner are devastated by the news that Brayden Bushby—the non-Indigenous man convicted in Kentner's 2017 death in Thunder Bay—has been granted full parole.
Our lead story: a tentative agreement is announced allowing the expansion of the controversial Churchill Falls mega-dam, a federally-backed deal that could see a tripling of hydroelectricity generated for transmission from Labrador through Quebec.
Our featured story: members of Namaygoosisagagun, a First Nation in northern Ontario consumed by wildfire last month, are left reeling after a recent tour of what remains of the area.
Our lead story: the untimely passing of a 4-year-old Inuk boy from northern Quebec—said to have died in his parents' arms in a Montreal hospital on August 3—sparks the social media campaign, "Justice for Jusi."
Our featured story: in a letter to prime minister Mark Carney and Alberta premier Danielle Smith, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs says a jointly-proposed pipeline neither accounts for potential climate impacts nor respects the duty to consult First Nations.
Our featured story: Manitoba RCMP now investigate the "suspicious" death of a 4-year-old at a home on the Long Plain First Nation, along with serious injuries to two other girls on scene, ages 1 and 2, who had to be taken to hospital. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our featured story: ten years after a white Saskatchewan farmer shot and killed 22-year-old Colten Boushie of Red Pheasant Cree Nation, a documentary of the subsequent trial is screened for the anniversary in Saskatoon. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: a two vehicle collision near Provost, AB kills Kiara Mooswa, a 24-year-old inmate at the Edmonton Institution for Women, as well as the two federal correctional officers transporting her. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our featured story: a racist banner spotted near Edmonton provokes outrage and fear among First Nations, with some saying it's just the latest example of anti-Indigenous hate leading up to a pivotal Alberta referendum.
Our lead story: Mi'kmaw land protectors hoping to meet with Nova Scotia premier Tim Houston about his economic agenda come away disappointed after they are provided no opportunity to do so before or after his latest speaking event in the town of Truro.
Our lead story: as the out of control Bradley Creek wildfire rips through an area near Vernon, B.C.—destroying some 230 homes, including thirty Okanagan Indian Band residences—a provincial official warns "we've never seen [such] fuel dryness." >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead stories: regional wildfire updates from British Columbia's North Okanagan and from northwestern Ontario, areas whose First Nations populations are among those forced to evacuate.
Our lead story: the Chiefs of Ontario back calls for a public inquiry into the provincial response to recent wildfires—necessitating the evacuation of several First Nations—but the Ford government will only commit to a review. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: on World Day Against Human Trafficking in Persons, a newly-released report maps cross-Canada corridors for such crimes, including at least 38 unresolved Indigenous disappearances. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: left without power mid-winter for an entire week, Pimicikamak Cree Nation launches legal action against Manitoba Hydro, the province, and the feds for negligence and breach of duty.
Our lead story: disturbing video of a woman being tasered and punched by Saskatchewan RCMP officers on Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation sparks outrage.
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