Resolution calls for AFN to ‘apologize’ publicly to First Nations child welfare agencies
Chiefs meeting in Ottawa at the Assembly of First Nations gathering have voted to kickstart...
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.
Chiefs in B.C. dismayed over AFN’s intervention in federal water legislation work
The regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) in British Columbia says he’s...
Attorney general in New Brunswick asks First Nations to pause legal fight
New Brunswick’s attorney general says he’s calling off the lawyers who were hired by the...
First Nations pitch Indigenous-led LNG to the world at COP29
Leaders of Coastal First Nations are on the ground in Azerbaijan to line up Asian...
Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok survives ‘sledgehammer’ non-confidence vote, 10-8
Premier P.J. Akeeagok fended off a vote of non-confidence by a count of 10-8 on...
Sentencing of Tiny House Warriors involved in TMX confrontation adjourned to 2025
The sentencing for four members of the Tiny House Warriors found guilty of a slew...
Quebec’s police watchdog says twins in Salluit shot after 911 call
Quebec's police watchdog investigates Salluit shooting death involving police.
Caring Society says AFN put leadership in a ‘bizarre situation’ with child welfare agreement
The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (Caring Society) says it’s preparing resolutions...
Officers entered former Behchoko chief’s home in pursuit of suspected impaired driver: RCMP
'They pushed me back[wards] and then threw me against my arm chair and couch,' says Leon Lafferty.
