Auditor General slams Ottawa over food subsidy program
The Harper government isn’t taking the lead on a program meant to help feed Northern families.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
PM Harper’s FN school funding announcement matches amount put on ice by minister
The infrastructure funds for First Nation schools announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper Monday matches the amount put on ice by Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt after chiefs rejected the government’s education bill.
Tribunal touted by PM Harper as ‘historic’ now on verge of failure
When he announced the creation of the Specific Claims Tribunal, Prime Minister Stephen Harper claimed it was a “historic” moment that would “revolutionize” the handling of historical grievances from First Nations.
‘I’m not the Indian Prime Minister’: Atleo responds to secret education agreement with Harper
By Cara McKenna APTN National News Former Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn Atleo…
Suspended senator Patrick Brazeau to enter rehab after impaired charges
Suspended senator Patrick Brazeau has avoided jail for now and is again being sent to a treatment centre following his arrest Monday in Gatineau, Que., where he was found drunk and with a knife in a parked car he didn’t own.
It felt like there was no end to the screaming sadness: one sister’s take on #mmiw
The Harper government’s “action plan” released on Sept. 15 once again places the blame on Indigenous communities.
There has been a war against Indigenous women since colonization: former NWAC president
Jacobs says a Royal Commission is needed on missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Harper government releases plan to tackle violence against Indigenous women and girls
APTN National News In continuing to reject calls for a national inquiry into missing and…
Should Canada hold a National Inquiry into #MMIW?
InFocus on APTN National News: Tonight we’re putting InFocus whether or not there ought to…