B.C. launches Pickton inquiry
The British Columbia provincial government on Thursday announced that a public inquiry would be held into the Robert Pickton investigation and the wider issue of how authorities investigate missing women cases.
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Off-reserve, Aboriginal languages survive
Aboriginal languages continue to survive in off-reserve First Nations homes, according to a new national study released Thursday.
‘We meant war, not murder’
Resistance to a planned gold and copper mine in British Columbia’s interior carries echoes of another conflict for the Tsilhqo’in people who are leading the fight to have the project stopped.
Chief: RCMP probe ‘rumour’
The chief of the Poundmaker reserve in Saskatchewan says neither he nor his band council are under RCMP investigation. Opponents of the band council, who have formed their own traditional council, say they have been interviewed by RCMP officers probing the affairs of the chief and band council.
Ottawa studies reserve land privatization
The Department of Indian Affairs has launched a nation-wide tour of reserves on what officials describe as a “special project” aimed at improving economic development on reserves.
$10,000 to find daughter
The family of a missing Saskatchewan woman is offering a $10,000 reward for information on their daughter.
Kugluktuk to the rescue
APTN National News APTN National News anchor Todd Lamirande speaks with Steve Novak, the hamlet…
Canada “failed” the North: FCM
APTN National News “The North lacks the infrastructure to support its families, its businesses and…
Toddler had burns from “head to toe”
At the funeral home Chris Martell couldn’t recognize his 22-month-old son because his little body had been so badly disfigured by third degree burns.