Onigaming First Nation chief says paramedics refused to come into community while man overdosed
The Ontario government and Kenora district have launched an investigation into the incident.
Mark Blackburn
Before moving to become the APTN News social media producer, Mark was the executive producer for the news in eastern Canada. Before starting with APTN in 2009, Mark worked at CBC Radio and Television in Newfoundland and Labrador and Ottawa.
Former Thunder Bay police service board chair feels vindicated as chief faces misconduct allegations
Georjann Morriseau says that the charges laid against Thunder Bay Police Chief Sylvie Hauth will…
Corrections Canada in the process of hiring Indigenous commish as rates surge and services falter
After more than a decade of pressure, and yet another damning report about how it…
Indigenous communities to be hit with ‘ecological grief, loss of land and traditional knowledge’ because of climate crisis
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Trudeau launches Canada into federal election scheduled for Sept. 20
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling a federal election that will go hand in hand…
Feds announce $321M to help communities deal with searches, impact of residential schools
Justice minister announces ‘special interlocutor’ to work with nations and government on search for unmarked graves.
New UN report on climate change says some effects ‘irreversible’ over hundreds, thousands of years
Scientists are seeing changes in the earth’s climate in “every region and across the whole…
London police officer sentenced to 1 year in jail for role in death of Oneida mother
Const. Nicholas Doering turned a ‘blind eye’ to risks of Debra Chrisjohn’s health says judge
Video shows RCMP arrest of Athabasca Chipewyan chief
12 minute video shows argument and eventual arrest of Adam.