Indigenous entrepreneurs get into personal, protective equipment business
A 100 per cent Indigenous owned company poised to supply communities with PPE
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.
Manitoba Hydro halts sending workers to construction camp as Keeyask blockade continue
Dozens of residents from across northern Manitoba First Nations assembled outside of Tataskweyak Cree Nation…
First Nations set up blockades to prevent construction of Keeyask Hydro project
Leadership from Tataskweyak Cree Nation want Manitoba Hydro to withdraw workers going to the Keeyask Generating Station
Mental health care is important during pandemic nurses say
“I know everyone’s going through a hard time right now and I think psychiatric nursing services are really needed.”
Online jigging competition showcases talent from across the country
‘I thought it was going to be a little tiny, local thing but it just blew up after our first jigger’
Dance group stages massive performance online
This week hundreds of Indigenous students from across the country would have been taking to…
New report showcases gaps and barriers in youth mental health services in Manitoba
To the public they are known by pseudonyms such as Madison, Dawn or Gabriella, but…
Winnipeg advocates call for 24-hour safe space in the city
Advocates in Winnipeg are renewing the call for a 24/7 safe space amidst the COVID-19…
Manitoba women’s shelters preparing for increase in calls as province begins to reopen
As Manitoba slowly begins to reopen select services next week, women’s shelters in the province…