Public Safety tried to pressure First Nations police services to accept ‘bogus’ funding agreements
By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney is refusing…
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Manitoba politician Kevin Chief talks politics on Face to Face
On this week’s Face-to-Face, Michael speaks with MLA Kevin Chief about his political career, his role as Minister of Children and Youth Opportunity, and growing up in Winnipeg’s North End.
Music Monday brings cash to young musicians in Eskasoni
APTN National News Music Monday is a day that celebrates the importance of music education….
AFN election for national chief should be held this fall: executive
The election for the next national chief of the Assembly of First Nations will likely be held this fall, according to the organization’s executive chiefs committee that has taken over the role in the interim from Shawn Atleo who resigned from the post last Friday.
Problems continue to plague First Nations policing after more than 2 decades: report
APTN National News Nearly 23 years since the federal First Nations policing policy was implemented the…
Former AMC grand chief talks about direction AFN should take
The new education legislation for First Nations is in the centre of a maelstrom of opinion and political action.
No public inquiry into murdered, missing Indigenous women: Harper
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says there is no need for a public inquiry into the nearly 1,200 Indigenous women who have been murdered or gone missing over the past 30 years.
Puck drops on hockey championship in Kahnawake
While most Canadians are following the NHL playoffs, the puck dropped on another championship tournament outside Montreal.
1,186 murdered and missing Indigenous women over past 30 years: RCMP
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney says the RCMP will release its data on missing and murdered Indigenous women within a month according to reports from a federal committee in Ottawa Thursday.