Chaos ends Missing Women's Inquiry
The Missing Women’s Inquiry ended as it began. In chaos.
British Columbia
Politics not only arena with Indigenous women leading
With the news that three women are in the running in the race for the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, APTN National News is taking a closer look at other women who are making a difference in their communities.
Thousands of residential school claims in limbo after BC judge boots law firm
In a major development, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled this week that the Blott and Company law firm and its associates exploited thousands of vulnerable survivors of residential schools as part of a scheme to maximize their profits.
Missing Women's Inquiry ignored Hells Angels links to Pickton, farm: lawyer
The Missing Women’s Inquiry remained contentious until the bitter end.
At least five arrested in McLeod Lake Band office blockade
British Columbia RCMP officers arrested at least five people who were blockading the McLeod Lake Indian band office Monday over a litany of grievances including chief and band council decisions to sign onto resource development projects.
Blott investigators make serious allegations
After six days of hearings in Vancouver Supreme Court, the decision on what to do with Calgary law firm Blott & Company now rests in the hands of Justice Brenda Brown, one of nine judges across the country who oversee the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
Battle between BC and Musqueam over desecration of burial site escalating
Tensions mounted this morning in Vancouver as an ongoing dispute over a burial site threatened by a condo went up a notch.
Pickton victim's daughter bullied over mother's murder
With just a few weeks to go until the end of the Missing Women’s Inquiry in Vancouver, key witnesses and family members are taking the stand.
Layers of pain gripping BC First Nation in midst of suicide crisis
Reeling from a recent spike in suicides and suicide attempts, a Vancouver Island First Nation took the drastic measure of calling a local state of emergency.