Federal government opens up aid package for Indigenous organizations
The federal government has opened the window on a portion of the $305 million dollar…
Indigenous Services
COVID-19 pandemic plan needed for Canada’s jails and prisons
According to a 2019 report from Statistics Canada, there are nearly 39,000 people in federal,…
Meeting between Mohawk leadership, minister was ‘a good start’ but protest remains
Jamie PashgumskumAPTN NewsA meeting between Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller and representatives of the Turtle,…
Human rights case to compensate First Nations kids extended to late February
A hearing scheduled for this week at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to work out…
Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation vote-buying report handed over to feds
A report detailing alleged accounts of vote-buying in Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation in Manitoba…
‘Funding is not an obstacle’: Marc Miller pledges to build mercury treatment facility
Brett Forester APTN News The federal government has agreed to most of the demands for…
Grassy Narrows reminds Canada of unkept promises as AFN sets its priority agenda
Lindsay Richardson and Jamie Pashagumskum APTN News Ojibwe Elder Bill Fobister has mercury poisoning, his children…
Federal government ‘jumped the gun’ by appealing human rights tribunal compensation ruling
Lindsay Richardson and Jamie Pashagumskum APTN News Despite the Liberal government’s promises to make restitution…
Compensation for Discrimination: Canada says one thing, does another
Cindy Blackstock Special to APTN News Remembrance ceremonies for murdered and missing Indigenous women and…