Indigenous law students petition Canada to launch inquiry into Colton Boushie trial
Law students from the University of Ottawa have launched a petition demanding Justice Canada call…
Jamie Pashagumskum
Originally from the Cree Nation of Chisasibi on the eastern coast of James Bay, Quebec, Jamie has lived in Ottawa since 2015. Trained in journalism at Carleton University, he has worked as a freelance print journalist and as a writer/researcher for the Cree unit of CBC North out of Montreal. Jamie was hired as the reporter/correspondent for the Ottawa bureau in October 2019.
Arctic Inspiration prize awards $2.6M for innovative programs
The Arctic Inspiration prize ceremony was held Wednesday night in Ottawa. Since 2012, the organization…
‘We need to do more:’ Ottawa mayor meets with federal ministers to talk about housing
Florence Ittusardjuat moved to Ottawa from Iqaluit due to the northern housing crisis, and says…
‘A living human treasure’: the epic life of Inuk Elder Qapik Attagutsiak
Inuit efforts in the Second World War were honoured Monday at the Canadian Museum of…
‘We’re doing something really wrong:’ Advocates react to rising rates of Indigenous people in Canada’s prisons
Jamie Pashagumskum APTN News Indigenous women’s organizations are calling the results of a recent report…
‘They just don’t get it:’ Kansas City Chiefs football team called out as racist ahead of ‘Appropriationbowl’
Fans of the Kansas City Chiefs call it the “arrowhead chop” but Indigenous people are…
‘Light your sacred fires’: Multiple rallies planned in support of Wet’suwet’en
The Wet’suwet’en Access Point on Gidimt’en Territory and Unist’ot’en Camp have put forward an international…
B.C. court upholds injunction against Coastal GasLink opponents
Some members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in northern B.C. continue to fight construction of a…
Public Safety minister says RCMP language about Wet’suwet’en ‘unacceptable’
Canada’s minister of Public Safety says he has raised concerns with the RCMP about what…