Cree judge appointed to tribunal compensation case for First Nations kids in care
Federal Justice Paul Favel from Poundmaker Cree Nation has been appointed to manage the parties…
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.
‘It’s disappointing’: Corrections maintains status quo as number of Indigenous women tops 40% of prison population
Despite calls from a number of federal agencies and committees, the Correctional Service of Canada…
Advocates say Corrections Canada needs to make bold moves to help Indigenous prisoners but is it ready?
The Senate’s Human Rights Committee is set to release a report soon on Canada’s prisons…
‘We cannot have Canada’s commitment die on the order paper’: MPs hear the last arguments for and against the child welfare legislation
It took Jeffry Nilles a long time to come to grips with who he is…
Kashechewan chief invites foreign embassies to join rally on the Hill Tuesday
Kashechewan Chief Leo Friday has sent a letter to embassies in Ottawa inviting them to…
Police make another arrest in triple homicide case of Six Nations friends
Police say they arrested the 33-year-old man on Thursday.
Regina Police release RCMP review of Nadine Machiskinic death investigation
Officers took four months to send for a toxicology report.
Lawyer fired for calling CFS child ‘sexually mature’
“(His) statement…is in no way reflective of our practice, knowledge or belief.”
6-year-old girl killed in Kasabonika Lake; suspect charged
Police have charged a suspect in the death of a six-year-old girl from the Kasabonika…