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APTN News Brief
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Daily update on what's making headlines in Indigenous country across Canada and beyond.
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Charges yet to be laid against double shooting suspect in Pelican Narrows, Sask.
Yesterday00:08:20Tap to summarizeOur 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.
Transcribe →Supreme Court dismissal of Wolastoqey Nation appeal not well understood: legal expert
2d ago00:09:57Tap to summarizeOur 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
Transcribe →Kebaowek First Nation wins again in court against federally-approved nuclear waste dump
3d ago00:08:58Tap to summarizeOur 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.
Transcribe →Auditor General slams N.W.T. again for not meeting key responsibilities to kids in care
6d ago00:09:22Tap to summarizeOur 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.
Transcribe →Indigenous-led searches, not cops, find missing people's remains in Thunder Bay: Grand Chief
1w ago00:10:19Tap to summarizeOur 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.
Transcribe →International tribunal examines Canada's accountability for residential school system
1w ago00:09:25Tap to summarizeOur 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.
Transcribe →Citing Cowichan ruling, Conservatives propose motion to "prioritize private property rights"
1w ago00:09:41Tap to summarizeOur 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
Transcribe →Man who fatally shot Colten Boushie was "the victim" in situation: Manitoba MLA
1w ago00:08:43Tap to summarizeOur 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.
Transcribe →Senate human rights committee hears residential school denialism should be made a hate crime
2w ago00:10:30Tap to summarizeOur 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.
Transcribe →Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation seeks sustainable funding for unmarked grave searches
2w ago00:10:01Tap to summarizeOur 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.
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