Questions swirl around authorities’ contact with Tina Fontaine
There are questions being asked about the days leading up to the death of Tina Fontaine.
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Saskatoon police chief talks about why a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women may be step in the wrong direction
The Canadian association of police chiefs is publicly condemning the notion of holding a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Fracking meetings wrap up in Yukon report due out this fall
A series of meetings on the future of fracking in the Yukon are wrapping up this week.
New Brunswick vote outcome is celebrated by First Nations
APTN National News After just one term, New Brunswick Progressive Conservatives have been turfed from…
Manitoba Tory fired after supporting inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women
A Manitoba Tory staffer has been fired after writing on his blog that he supports an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women.
Roman Catholic priest Eric Dejaeger guilty of sex crimes against children
A decision has been reached in the 3 year long court case against Roman Catholic priest Eric DeJaeger.
Harper, Atleo signed secret agreement on FN education bill: document
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and former Assembly of First Nations national chief Shawn Atleo came to a secret agreement outlining the broad framework and name of the now shelved First Nation education bill months before it was tabled in Parliament, according to a document filed in Federal Court.
PMO downplayed rich Inuit link to discovered Franklin ship
The Franklin expedition ship found by researchers on the Arctic seabed has a detailed and colourful history within Inuit oral tradition, yet the Inuit garnered only one 17-word sentence among the press releases and backgrounders released by the Prime Minister’s Office at the time after Tuesday’s announced discovery.
Budget cuts scale back RCMP’s Highway of Tears unit
Kenneth Jackson APTN National News As calls for an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women grow,…