APTN News Brief

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

First Nations differ on Kino Aski LNG pipeline pitch at Carney investment summit 09/16/2026

Feds reject NunatuKavut Community Council for Section 35 recognition 09/15/2026

Judge rules feds failed to protect Opaskwayak Cree way of life from Manitoba Hydro megadam 09/14/2026

Ginoogaming First Nation says its resources overwhelmed by drug crisis 09/11/2026

Negotiations between Hydro-Québec, flood-affected Algonquin Nations at standstill 09/10/2026

Feds announce over $400M in support for new northern road through Denedeh 09/09/2026

Heartfelt tributes at funeral of prominent Tsleil-Waututh leader, MLA, Joan Phillip 09/08/2026

Advocates sound alarm over recent rise of cychlorphine opioid use in Yukon capital 09/04/2026

Inukjuak’s Elizabeth Taqaq Kumak fourteenth Quebec femicide of 2026 09/03/2026

Liberals by-elections sweep could signal Reconciliation taking back seat to trade: prof 09/02/2026

Family of late Barbara Kentner want parole of man jailed in her death reviewed 09/01/2026

Altercation at Dollarama leads security firm to hire Indigenous ‘ambassador’ 08/31/2026

134 First Nations, 40,000 evacuees impacted by 2025 wildfires: report 08/28/2026

Southern Chiefs Organization leader could face third non-confidence vote 08/27/2026

Following rise in uranium exploration, Dene First Nation initiates road checkpoint 08/26/2026

Canadian Council for Indigenous Business expects members to feel pain of Canada-U.S. trade war 08/25/2026

Monument dedicated to 2SLGBTQI+ victims of discrimination unveiled 08/24/2026

Canadian Ass’n of Physicians for the Environment criticizes Manitoba natural gas expansion 08/21/2026

Manitoba's first supervised consumption site now up and running 08/20/2026

Family of late Barbara Kentner devastated to hear of full parole for man convicted in her 2017 death 08/19/2026

Tentative agreement eyes expansion for controversial Churchill Falls mega-dam 08/18/2026

Members of wildfire-ravaged First Nation left reeling after tour of devastation 08/17/2026

‘Justice for Jusi’: untimely death of 4-year-old Inuk boy sparks social media outrage 08/14/2026

UBCIC reiterates criticism of feds “insane support” for fossil fuel industry 08/13/2026

Manitoba RCMP investigate child’s death, seriously injured toddlers, on First Nation 08/12/2026

Saskatoon film screening marks 10 year anniversary of fatal shooting of Colten Boushie 08/11/2026

Two vehicle crash on Alberta highway kills federal correctional officers, inmate 08/10/2026

“The Indians have done nothing”: racist banner elicits fear, outrage ahead of Alberta referendum 08/07/2026

Mi'kmaw land protectors frustrated with lack of access to N.S. premier 08/06/2026

“Explosive and extremely dangerous”: B.C. fire official says dry conditions unprecedented 08/05/2026