APTN News Brief

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

9 Jan 2026—Kashechewan First Nation to evacuate due to broken water treatment system 01/09/2026

8 Jan 2026—Search ends for woman’s partial remains in Thunder Bay landfill 01/08/2026

7 Jan 2026—Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation sues Alberta over referendum on separation 01/07/2026

6 Jan 2026—Pimicikamak Cree Nation works to recover after 4 days without power 01/06/2026

Dec. 24, 2025—Chiefs Commission, First Nations Caring Society submit child welfare reform plan 12/24/2025

Dec. 23, 2025—Carney gov’t submits new reform plan for First Nations child and family services 12/23/2025

Dec. 22, 2025—Guards who evicted man from SK hospital barred from work at health facilities 12/22/2025

Dec. 19, 2025—Feds, Ontario sign agreement to fast-track major projects in province 12/19/2025

Dec. 18, 2025—Mi'kmaw title claim in the works to seek good chunk of Nova Scotia lands 12/18/2025

Dec. 17, 2025—Mi’kmaw cannabis sellers meet to discuss Nova Scotia crackdown on stores 12/17/2025

Dec. 16, 2025—10 years after TRC final report, renewed calls to fight residential school denialism 12/16/2025

Dec. 15, 2025—RCMP arrest 27 in northern Manitoba drug bust 12/15/2025

Dec. 12, 2025—Treaty 8 First Nations signal strong opposition to proposed tar sands pipeline 12/12/2025

Dec. 11, 2025—Sipekne'katik First Nation bans Nova Scotia premier, cabinet ministers, from their lands 12/11/2025

Dec. 10, 2025—Century-old kayak among repatriated Inuit items newly unveiled to public 12/10/2025

Dec. 9, 2025—Dozens of Indigenous artifacts long held by Vatican begin journey home 12/09/2025

Dec. 8, 2025—Concern for Saskatoon’s growing unhoused population as temps drop 12/08/2025

Dec. 5, 2025—AFN meeting wraps up discussing major projects, First Nations infrastructure gap 12/05/2025

Dec. 4, 2025—Ontario chiefs sceptical of federal promise of clean water legislation 12/04/2025

Dec. 3, 2025—Feds/Alberta pipeline MOU does not go over well at AFN meeting 12/03/2025

Dec. 2, 2025—Three years after her murder, landfill search for Ashlee Shingoose’s remains begins 12/02/2025