Neskantaga members return home just in time for holidays but still on a boil water advisory
Members of the Oji-Cree community of Neskantaga First Nation are back at home after being…
Brittany Hobson
Brittany joined the APTN news team in October 2016. She is Ojibway and a member of the Long Plain First Nation in Manitoba. Before coming to APTN, she graduated with a joint degree in communications from the University of Winnipeg and Red River College.
COVID-19 vaccine and misinformation: First Nations leaders urge people to do their homework
As the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines arrives in provinces this week and into the arms of…
Indigenous communities to sit tight and wait for vaccine roll out
‘We are on the priority list,’ says AFN Regional Chief Roseanne Archibald.
‘It’s like they were lost for a while’: Some missing artifacts from Winnipeg’s Métis Resource Centre found six years after closing its doors
A hunting trip in the bush ended with Jake Freeman securing the catch of a…
Manitoba chiefs not impressed with premier’s warning of exodus to the north to receive COVID-19 vaccine
Brian Pallister said there would be an exodus of people going home.
Young Cree woman uses TikTok to share and educate others on Indigenous culture
A young Cree woman in Winnipeg is making headlines for promoting her culture through video-sharing…
‘We have no real answers’: Family of Melinda Lynxleg pleads for information surrounding her disappearance
The family of a First Nations woman who has been missing since the spring is…
Families say inmates at Manitoba jail feel punished after being put in solitary confinement due to COVID-19
Correctional facilities in Manitoba continue to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks, and families and advocates are…
National group of sharing circles thriving online during pandemic
The national group Circles For Reconciliation say the pandemic hasn’t hampered its effort to have…