First Nations
AFN concerned about Harper government’s planned changes to election law
The Assembly of First Nations is expected to raise several concerns about the Harper government’s proposed changes to how people vote in federal elections including plans to eliminate vouching.
TRC piecing fragments from history’s shadows to find the missing children
In the summer of 1920 Augustine Allen made a suicide pact with nine other boys who were attending St. Joseph’s Indian residential school in British Columbia.
Parole officer who helps Indigenous offenders out of a job
APTN National News A parole officer in Edmonton who helps First Nations offenders has lost…
Many expect First Nations issues to be left off Quebec debate agenda
APTN National News The economy and sovereignty are expected to dominate the first debate in…
Wasaya Airways board members claim they were fired for investigating financial mismanagement
By Kenneth Jackson and Cullen Crozier APTN Investigates Two former Wasaya Airways board members tell…
Wasaya Airways’ VP accused of racking up thousands in personal charges on company credit card
By Kenneth Jackson and Cullen Crozier APTN Investigates Around the same time Transport Canada inspectors…
Debt-ridden Wasaya Airways in ‘danger of collapsing’ forced to sell assets
By Kenneth Jackson and Cullen Crozier APTN Investigates Just before Christmas the principal owners of…
Aboriginal Affairs slashes specific claims research budget triggering Oka-repeat warnings
The federal Aboriginal Affairs department cut its specific claims research budget as part of on-going government-wide belt-tightening in a move that one senior British Columbia chief says is contributing to creating the same environment that produced the 1990 Oka crisis.
