Human Rights Watch issues scathing report on Canada’s violation of First Nations rights
Report is critical of Trudeau government for lack of clean drinking water and resource extraction projects.
Violence against women
Stats Can says two-thirds of Indigenous women experience violence or sexual assault
InFocus looks at the #MeToo movement on the show as well.
People who kill Indigenous women punished less than those who kill non-Indigenous women, Senator’s study finds
An Indigenous Senator who is trying to change how perpetrators of violence against Indigenous women…
APTN Investigates: MMIWG – After the stories are told
As the first phase of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) winds down, its future is still uncertain.
Education key to ending violence against women in northern communities: shelter manager
APTN News March 8 may mark International Women’s Day, but for those working to help…
Precious Ones: Nova Scotia mother calling for #MMIWG inquiry to include men
A grieving Nova Scotia mother is calling on the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) to expand its mandate to include men.
‘I never hit him upstairs, I didn’t hit him’
Crown says Brazeau defence playing ‘little games’
B.C. government proposes new missing persons law
APTN National News The B.C. government is proposing a new missing persons act which they…
IWFA witnesses appeal for a nationwide Toll free number for victims of violence
By Maike Eikelmann APTN National News The First Nations Chief of police made a…