Métis singer-songwriter says she wouldn’t be here today without her sobriety
It has been an amazing and humbling couple of years for Métis singer-songwriter Brandi Vezina….
Dennis Ward
Dennis is Métis from southern Manitoba. After spending a decade working in TV in Alberta and Ontario, Dennis returned to Manitoba to join APTN’s Winnipeg bureau as a reporter/correspondent in September 2014. In 2016, he won a Canadian Association of Journalists award for his story A Soldier Scorned for APTN Investigates. In 2017, he became a host/producer for APTN National News and Face to Face. In 2020, Dennis and co host Melissa Ridgen were nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best News Anchor, National.
Saulteaux-Cree politician feels Saskatchewan is scared of vocal, educated, First Nations women
Politics was never on the radar for Betty Nippi-Albright, however, years of working in the…
Medical association’s first Indigenous president looks to fix health care crisis, considering a future in politics
The first-ever Indigenous president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has taken over the helm…
Cree lawyer considered leaving law after Gerald Stanley verdict
Nearly 20 years after she became a member of the Saskatchewan bar, Eleanore Sunchild considered…
Healing and support needed in the wake of mass stabbings says Saskatoon Tribal Council chief
It’s been a devastating month for the family of Bonnie and Gregory Burns, whose lives…
Thunder Bay police officer guilty of neglect, discreditable conduct for investigation death of Stacy DeBungee
‘Finally, some accountability’ says lawyer for the DeBungee family.
Manitoba Métis Federation says it’s reuniting ‘true and historic Métis Nation’
The Manitoba Métis Federation, also known as the MMF, says thousands of its citizens are…
Chiefs put forward resolution calling for forensic audit, end to AFN national chief’s ‘unlawful suspension’
Its mover said the resolution is now with the resolutions committee, who will decide if it makes it to the annual general assembly floor
AFN drama a ‘colossal embarrassment’ says Indigenous studies professor
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is facing it’s “biggest crisis in the 40-year history…