Stories of abuse, shame amid tears during Yukon TRC hearing
For 12 hours, survivors from the Lower Post Residential School told their stories at the Truth and Reconciliation hearings held last week in Watson Lake, Yukon.
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WikiLeaks: US Government says Canada can’t handle land claims
By Ossie Michelin APTN National News Montreal – The United States government is concerned that…
Canada was hoping to train Afghan security forces in Russia: U.S. diplomatic cables
The Stephen Harper government was exploring ways to have Canadian military trainers work with Afghan security forces in Russia as part of a wider plan to significantly downgrade Canadian involvement in Afghanistan and shift focus to the rebuilding of Haiti, according to “confidential “U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by APTN National News.
One day, one song at a time with dark memories
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission was in Yellowknife Thursday.
TRC faces travel cost questions
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s second national event is approaching. The week-long gathering is taking place this June in Inuvik, NWT. Over 1,000 residential school survivors and their families are expected to attend.
Residential schools ruptured ‘the mother-child bond’
Truth and Reconciliation commissioner Marie Wilson talks to APTN National News about the experiences of young women forced to attend residential schools
New BC Aboriginal affairs minister thrust into the fire
A cabinet shuffle in British Columbia has brought in a new minister of Aboriginal relations and reconciliation.
Government attack on declaration reveals true colours: critic
The Conservative government’s continued attack against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the international stage reflects their reluctance to follow through on a promise to partially endorse the document at home, says the NDP’s Aboriginal affairs critic.
Ottawa continues mulling how to endorse UN declaration
The federal government is still examining “how to best formalize” its endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, but appears to stand by its position outlined during debates last week at the UN Human Rights Council that collective rights to not equate to human rights.