Mi’kmaw Sen. Paul Prosper releases ‘listening tour’ report
Paul Prosper, a Mi’kmaw senator representing Nova Scotia, has released a report of an eight-month…
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Doctors who perform coerced sterilizations need to be held criminally liable, says senator
An Ontario senator says the time is now to take serious action against doctors who…
Long-time senator resigns citing issues at FSIN
FSIN did not respond to APTN’s request for comment.
Sen. Lynn Beyak apologizes for racist letters, says she’ll obey ethics report
She offered a broader apology to Indigenous Peoples, the Senate, and to Canadians, and said she has learned from the experience.
Murray Sinclair warns of violent rebellion if Indigenous rights continue to be oppressed
In a wide-ranging interview spanning the decades of his life from lawyer to judge and…
Senate committee recommends Beyak suspension over letters on Indigenous people
The Senate’s ethics committee is recommending that Sen. Lynn Beyak be suspended without pay for…
Sen. Beyak broke Senate’s code of conduct by posting racist letters
Five of the letters contained racist content.
Lynn Beyak could be charged with hate crime says Indigenous senator
APTN News Embattled Sen. Lynn Beyak could be charged with a hate crime says fellow…
Thelma Chalifoux, former senator and Metis activist, dies in Alberta at 88
Metis activist and retired senator Thelma Chalifoux has died. Chalifoux’s daughter, Debbie Coulter, says her mother passed away Friday evening at a care home in St. Albert, near Edmonton, and had been in declining health for some years.