APTN News Brief

Daily update on what's making headlines in Indigenous country across Canada and beyond.

New $1.6B Jordan's Principle funding falls short of what feds promised: critics 02/27/2026

Grieving Mi’kmaw family leads march demanding end to police shootings in Nova Scotia 02/26/2026

Vancouver cops guilty of misconduct in case of missing 20-year-old Tatyanna Harrison 02/25/2026

Cree Nation launches lawsuit over Manitoba Hydro project 02/24/2026

Questions emerge after feds take 750+ names off Indigenous Business Directory 02/23/2026

Child luring charges laid against Ontario elementary school principal 02/20/2026

Ontario police watchdog accused of "disrespectful handling” of First Nations deaths 02/19/2026

Man who kept Nunavik woman’s dead body on couch for 6 months to serve no jail time 02/18/2026

Family seeks answers in man’s drowning following RCMP encounter in NB 02/17/2026

First-ever, Inuit-led Arctic university to open in Nunavut in 2030 02/13/2026

Father fatally shoots two young daughters, then himself, on Kitigan Zibi 02/12/2026

Drive-by shooting targets exterior of First Nations police detachment 02/11/2026

Advocates of bill to create federal modern treaty commissioner visit Ottawa 02/10/2026

Chief barred from Quebec constitutional hearing over sacred eagle staff 02/09/2026

Alleged case of 'pretendians' libel goes before Supreme Court of Yukon 02/06/2026

Number of First Nations fatalities grows on trail near B.C. Highway of Tears 02/05/2026

Day 2 of inquest into fatal Winnipeg police shooting of 16-year-old Eishia Hudson 02/04/2026

Inquest opens into fatal Winnipeg police shooting of 16-year-old Eishia Hudson 02/03/2026

Arctic premiers weigh in on future path of Canadian Arctic strategy 02/02/2026

Alberta RCMP charge father in death of Inuk mother, presumed-dead baby 01/30/2026

Plans shared for future Ontario transmission line in support of Ring of Fire mines 01/29/2026

Berens River considers next steps after only school lost to fire 01/28/2026

First Nations health ombud seeks ‘hands-off’ review of alleged violence toward Sask. patients 01/27/2026

Counterprotest thwarts residential school denial rally at UBC 01/26/2026

U.S. appears to back down on annexation threats, touts new Greenland access plan 01/23/2026

As Trump threats persist, Greenland urges citizens to prepare for what may come 01/22/2026

Métis Nation–Saskatchewan representative suspended for profanity-laced voicemails 01/21/2026

Nunavummiut rally in Iqaluit in support of Greenlandic Inuit against U.S. threats 01/20/2026

Nunavut premier states solidarity with Greenland amid U.S. threats 01/19/2026

16 Jan 2026—Trial of RCMP officer for alleged assault of Mi'kmaw woman wraps up in NB 01/16/2026