Poor Inuit housing ‘direct result of colonialism’: federal housing advocate
A federal housing advocate is accusing every level of government in Canada of failing to…
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.
Labrador Inuit quit meetings with N.L. premier amid tensions about unrecognized group
The Inuit Nunatsiavut government has pulled out of meetings with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew…
Judge orders McGill, SQI to comply with deal on unmarked grave search at former hospital
Request to have excavation of site stopped was denied.
Cindy Blackstock sees ‘imbalance’ between $55M lawyers’ bill, welfare victims’ compensation
Cindy Blackstock, one of the people responsible for bringing forward a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal…
In fight to curb climate change, a grim report shows world is struggling to get on track
The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming in 41 of…
Indigenous soldiers determined to carry on family legacies
Indigenous Peoples have been part of Canada’s military history dating back to the War of…
Mary Ellen Turpel-Laford removed from Order of Canada after Indigenous ID questions
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a high-profile former judge embroiled in a controversy surrounding her claims to…
‘The Arctic isn’t melting anymore, it’s on fire’ says co-chair Gwich’in Council International
Indigenous voices and allies across the world gathered at the 10th Arctic Circle Assembly in Iceland.
Judge gives Dawn Walker conditional sentence for abduction, forgery
A Saskatoon woman accused of faking her death and that of her child before they…