APTN News Brief

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

January 31, 2025 01/31/2025

January 31, 2025 Our lead story: just days after launching his history-making bid as the first-ever Indigenous candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, Mi'kmaw MP Jaime Battiste announces his withdrawl. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/35091430

January 30, 2025 01/30/2025

January 30, 2025 Our lead story: after last year’s sudden passing of Grand Chief Cathy Merrick, an Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs by-election sees former Long Plain First Nation chief Kyra Wilson emerge victorious on the first ballot. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/35079125

January 29, 2025 01/29/2025

January 29, 2025 Our lead story: despite a Jan. 26 court-ordered deadline for Canada and Ontario to negotiate a settlement over breaches of the 1850 Robinson–Superior Treaty with 12 First Nations, a deal seems nowhere in sight. . . . . . . . . . . . Interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/35062020

January 28, 2025 01/28/2025

January 28, 2025 Our lead story: mourners in British Columbia and beyond reflect on the recent passing of hereditary chief Bill Wilson, who first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as a fierce advocate for the rights of First Nations. - - - - - - - Interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/35042920

January 27, 2025 01/27/2025

January 27, 2025 Our lead story: citing it as a threat to their treaty rights, Mi’kmaw First Nations collectively reject a three-year offer from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to participate in the commercial fishery. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/35019625

January 24, 2025 01/24/2025

January 24, 2025 Our lead story: off duty since his alleged involvement in an Ottawa bar fight last month, the Southern Chiefs Organization announces SCO Grand Chief Jerry Daniels is back on the job after "a recent health leave." - - - - - - - Interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34987920

January 23, 2025 01/23/2025

January 23, 2025 Our lead story: a Wolastoqey family in News Brunswick is outraged after they hear why a nurse refused an on-site visit to an ailing loved one at his on-reserve home. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34966495

January 22, 2025 01/22/2025

January 22, 2025 Our lead story: Nakota Rayne Pooyak, 31, of the Sweetgrass First Nation in Saskatchewan now stands charged with second-degree murder in the Sept. 2024 shooting deaths of 66-year-old Brent Peters and adult sons Matthew and Brennan Peters. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34952940

January 21, 2025 01/21/2025

January 21, 2025 Our lead story: outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden commutes the life sentence of American Indian Movement member Leonard Peltier after nearly a half-century behind bars. However, news of the clemency triggers disappointment for the family of fellow AIM activist Anna Mae Aquash, who allege Peltier was “complicit” in her 1975 murder. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34935740

January 20, 2025 01/20/2025

January 20, 2025 Our lead story: a MMIWG advocate says it's about time Vancouver police officers were held accountable after news the Police Complaints Commission is looking into neglect of duty allegations in the case of the late 24-year-old Chelsea Poorman. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34912710

January 17, 2025 01/17/2025

January 17, 2025 Our lead story: the province of Manitoba denies responsibility in the wrongful convictions of Anishinaabe men Allan Woodhouse and Brian Anderson almost 50 years ago, arguing it’s the fault of the city and its police force that the men were sent to prison. - - - - - - - Interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34889060

January 16, 2025 01/16/2025

January 16, 2025 Our lead story: following Canada’s move to negotiate child welfare reform with Ontario First Nations only, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society files a motion with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. 🖸 Premiers meet to strategize over U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's threatened 25% tariff on Canadian goods. 🖸 Excluded from federal tables for years, the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples struggles to restore the group’s former prominence. 🖸 Climate experts in B.C. once again urge greater government action to ensure extreme weather events don’t get worse. - - - - - - - - Interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34876505

January 15, 2025 01/15/2025

January 15, 2025 Our lead story: Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak urges parents to be vigilant after someone allegedly tries to lure the 6-year-old child of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation Chief Angela Levasseur outside a Thompson, MB school. ∎ The trial in a multi-million dollar lawsuit against some prominent Métis figures begins this week in Toronto. ∎ A man is dead, and another under arrest, following a stabbing last week on the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta. ∎ A Métis woman accuses a RCMP officer in Hay River, N.W.T. of assault. - - - - - - - - Interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34862725

January 14, 2025 01/14/2025

January 14, 2025 Our lead story: with the fate of Bill C-61, the First Nations Clean Water Act, now sealed due to last week’s proroguing of Parliament, the Liberals and NDP each blame the other for its demise. - - - - - - - - - Interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34846795

January 13, 2025 01/13/2025

January 13, 2025 Our lead story: reaction to the recent revelation that leaks from tar sands tailing ponds have gone under-reported by the Alberta Energy Regulator. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34819385

January 10, 2025 01/10/2025

January 10, 2025 Our lead story: Montreal’s plummeting temperatures and inadequate resources see a growing number of people without shelter turn to the city ERs. - - - - - - - Interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34798780

January 9, 2025 01/09/2025

January 9, 2025 Our lead story: land defenders at Lemay Forest continue to stay put at a site on Winnipeg’s outskirts, despite a court injunction and repeated attempts by the property’s owner and developer to access the area. . . . . . . . . Interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34783180

January 8, 2025 01/08/2025

January 8, 2025 Our lead story: Indigenous leaders in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia react to this week’s news that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will step down. . . . . . . . interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34767665

January 7, 2025 01/07/2025

January 7, 2025 Our lead story: following months of turmoil within his own party, Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his intent to resign and asks Governor-General Mary Simon to suspend Parliament until March 24. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34752470

January 6, 2025 01/06/2025

January 6, 2025 Our lead story: resistance to the development of a privately-owned forested area on the outskirts of Winnipeg—including a site used for ceremony for decades—is met with a court injunction against the land defenders. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34717785

January 3, 2025 01/03/2025

January 3, 2025 Our lead story: a recent homicide victim in Winnipeg has now been identified as 50-year-old Byron Moose, a man from the O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation in northern Manitoba. - - - - - - - Interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34704445

December 24, 2024 12/24/2024

December 24, 2024 Our lead story: just days after an alleged altercation between a lone First Nations man and as many as five Winnipeg Police Service officers, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs hire a law firm to look into systemic racism within the force. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34594395

December 23, 2024 12/23/2024

December 23, 2024 Our lead story: after losing a pair of ministers to resignation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffles his Cabinet, prompting many to speculate as to what the future holds for his government and his leadership. . . . . . . . . Interstitial: ZapSplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34564195

December 20, 2024 12/20/2024

December 20, 2024 Our lead story: the Southern Chiefs' Organization announces a return date for its Grand Chief. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34542965

December 19, 2024 12/19/2024

December 19, 2024 Our lead story: First Nations leaders gathered in Winnipeg to discuss the alarming backlog of Jordan’s Principle cases. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34527155

December 18, 2024 12/18/2024

December 18, 2024 Our lead story: A First Nations man from Cold Lake dies during an interaction with law enforcement. He is the 15th Indigenous person in Canada confirmed to have died during or immediately following an interaction with police since late August. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34496505

December 17, 2024 12/17/2024

December 17, 2024 Our lead story: A day of political turmoil–including the resignation of two cabinet ministers–unfolds in Ottawa. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34480750

December 16, 2024 12/16/2024

December 16, 2024 Our lead story: new numbers on homicide rates from Statistics Canada show Indigenous people continued to be disproportionately represented as victims as of 2023. /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34442385

December 13, 2024 12/13/2024

December 13, 2024 Our lead story: with frustration mounting over a growing backlog of Jordan’s Principle requests—140,000 in all, 25,000 of which were submitted as urgent—Indigenous Services Canada says it cannot offer a timeline for addressing the situation. - - - - - Interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34429845

December 12, 2024 12/12/2024

December 12, 2024 Our lead story: after a bill restricting the use of solitary confinement within federal prisons passes in the Canadian Senate, proponents are hopeful the House of Commons will make it law. . . . . . . . Interstitial: zapsplat.com /episode/index/show/aptnnews/id/34408185

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