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APTN News Brief

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

info_outline September 15, 2025—Pushback on efforts to change Yukon mining laws; feds say Indigenous Advisory Council won’t replace consultation with Indigenous peoples 09/15/2025
info_outline September 12, 2025—PM Carney announces short list for review by Major Projects Office; inquiry into Innu and child protection system continues 09/12/2025
info_outline September 11, 2025—First Nation’s check stops turn away non-Indigenous moose hunters in MB; families upset at federal response times for Jordan's Principle funding requests 09/11/2025
info_outline September 10, 2025—Candlelight vigil honours Hollow Water stabbing victims; mining fast-track laws protested in Sault Ste. Marie ON 09/10/2025
info_outline September 9, 2025—BC wildfires update; RCMP removal of anti-logging roadblock outrages Mi'kmaw land protectors 09/09/2025
info_outline September 8, 2025—Son of Hollow Water mass stabbing victim speaks out; 30th anniversary of ON police killing of Dudley George 09/07/2025
info_outline September 5, 2025—Two people dead and 7 injured after mass stabbing on Hollow Water First Nation 09/05/2025
info_outline September 4, 2025—Councillor cycles 800 kms to AFN Annual General Assembly to raise awareness about child sexual abuse 09/04/2025
info_outline September 3, 2025—Chiefs face sizable agenda at Assembly of First Nations meeting in Winnipeg; Métis Nation–Saskatchewan issues cease-and-desist letters re: allegedly toxic comments 09/03/2025
info_outline September 2, 2025—Call for Canada-wide state of emergency on substance abuse to be debated at Assembly of First Nations gathering 09/02/2025
info_outline August 29, 2025—60’s Scoop survivor reunites with birth mother five decades later; Indigenous-owned airline, uranium firms sign $500M deal 08/29/2025
info_outline August 28, 2025—Kahnawake Mohawks, Tsuut’ina First Nation sign nation-to-nation trade deal; Winnipeg street count reveals record homelessness 08/28/2025
info_outline August 27, 2025—Edmonton police claim widely-circulated video of incident involving officers shows only a portion of events 08/27/2025
info_outline August 26, 2025—Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs won’t commit to Crown–Indigenous Corporation, MB’s major infrastructure initiative 08/26/2025
info_outline August 25, 2025—Search for missing teen in Tulita, N.W.T. comes to sad end; Métis Nation–Saskatchewan declares state of emergency over gang violence 08/25/2025
info_outline August 22, 2025—Manitoba government shares costs of successful landfill search for remains of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran 08/22/2025
info_outline August 21, 2025—Canadian Human Rights Tribunal orders Canada back to negotiating table re: Indigenous child welfare reform 08/21/2025
info_outline August 20, 2025—Unknown woman found dead in Winnipeg hotel last August ID'ed as Melanie McKay of northern MB; video appears to show BC RCMP officer beating suspect during arrest  08/20/2025
info_outline August 19, 2025—Weekend shooting deaths on Pelican Narrows First Nation (SK) and Pimicikamak Cree Nation (MB); some Southern Chiefs Organization members say MOU unauthorized 08/19/2025
info_outline August 18, 2025—Almost a year after her killer’s sentencing, MB court hears Ashlee Shingoose family’s victim impact statements 08/18/2025
info_outline August 15, 2025—Rally at MB legislature decries York Factory First Nation’s lack of road or river access as wildfire looms 08/15/2025
info_outline August 14, 2025—First Nations, Manitoba sign MOU on Trans-Canada Highway expansion in accordance with Anishinabe laws 08/14/2025
info_outline August 13, 2025—Report on First Nations in Yukon and Canada’s Arctic security; Ottawa hosts global Indigenous languages summit 08/13/2025
info_outline August 12, 2025—Referendum sees Brokenhead Ojibway Nation members in MB reject share in proposed silica sand mine 08/12/2025
info_outline August 11, 2025—Some chiefs express disapproval of MB and federal governments' wildfire response, call for prevention investments 08/11/2025
info_outline August 8, 2025—Métis major projects summit proceeds despite Manitoba Métis Federation’s absence; family of late Ashlee Shingoose to finally share their grief in MB court 08/08/2025
info_outline August 7, 2025—Manitoba Métis Federation rejects Bill C-5 meeting with Carney gov’t due to inclusion of Métis National Council and Métis Nation of Ontario 08/07/2025
info_outline August 6, 2025—Cree candidate for NDP takes on federal Conservative leader in by-election for AB riding of Battle River–Crowfoot 08/06/2025
info_outline August 5, 2025—3,000-plus people flee northern MB wildfires for second time in weeks; Na-Cho Nyak Dun, YK gov’t reach land-use deal 08/05/2025
info_outline August 4, 2025—Two First Nations men shot dead by police over nine-day span in northern Ontario 08/04/2025
 
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