Canadian Rangers preparing to help with COVID-19 spread in Nunavik
The Canadian Ranger group activated April 3 at the request of the Quebec government will…
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.
Family denied access to U.S. after relative dies from COVID-19
Priscilla WolfAPTN NewsThe family of a First Nations man from Thunderchild First Nation who died…
Sen. Lynn Beyak apologizes for racist letters, says she’ll obey ethics report
She offered a broader apology to Indigenous Peoples, the Senate, and to Canadians, and said she has learned from the experience.
‘He’s not our voice’: Kanesatake Mohawks barricade band office after grand chief criticizes rail blockades
Lindsay RichardsonAPTN NewsAngered by a series of “cowardly” comments by their grand chief during a…
‘Disturbing and entrenched imbalances’: Indigenous people make up 30 per cent of prison population
Canada’s Correctional Investigator says Indigenous people now represent 30 per cent of those locked up…
United Nations says criminal groups targeting Indigenous and Afro-Colombian groups in Colombia
The United Nations says armed groups linked to criminal activities are targeting human rights defenders…
Canada appoints senior bureaucrat, lawyer to lead First Nation child welfare compensation talks
After trying unsuccessfully to have a Federal Court judge pause an order from the Canadian…
Nunavut premier meets with Trudeau with list of needs but gets no guarantees from Ottawa to fix them
APTN News Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq says he raised a number of issues facing his…
Human rights tribunal says it felt ‘cornered’ by Canada to extend First Nations child compensation deadline
Mark Blackburn APTN News The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has extended a deadline for parties…