AFN, Caring Society call on Ottawa to scrap rules that restrict access to Jordan’s Principle services www.aptnnews.ca?p=284883
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AFN, Caring Society call on Ottawa to scrap rules that restrict access to Jordan’s Principle services www.aptnnews.ca?p=284883
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Today on APTN National News: B.C. RCMP renew calls for public’s help in locating First Nations woman missing since January on Vancouver Island.
09.03.2026 16:55 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
On this week’s episode of InFocus, APTN's Charlotte Morrit-Jacobs shares her front-row-seat experience of Canada’s annual Arctic military exercise, Operation Nanook.
09.03.2026 16:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
14 year old Bobby Mina from Inukjuak, Nunavik, has complex medical issues and the resources needed for his care aren’t available in his community. Story by Stéphanie de Sève.
09.03.2026 15:33 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Jury finds Jamie Felix guilty of second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shootings of five people in November 2023.
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LIVE: The 2026 Arctic Winter Games kicks off in Whitehorse with the opening ceremonies.
09.03.2026 01:56 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Former NHL player Jordin Tootoo took a break from talking all things hockey and instead gave the students of a Dene school in Yellowknife a sincere challenge; to make their bed in the mornings.
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The Frontier School Division in Manitoba held their annual science fair in Winnipeg this week.
Rural and northern students from all over the province came to the city to showcase their projects, knowledge and talent.
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers will be returning her recent award won from the Toronto Film Critics Association after they censored her recorded acceptance speech once she turned attention to the war in Palestine.
07.03.2026 00:33 — 👍 75 🔁 26 💬 2 📌 1If you want a chance to have your picture featured as our next photo of the day, send us your photos to share@aptn.ca.
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Picture of the day today comes from a regular viewer of the show, Clarence Jones, who decided to show off his sleek looking new mug for his collection!
Thanks for watching Clarence!
Edmonton-based Native Counselling Services of Alberta says the centre brings housing, cultural support, employment and identification services together under one roof.
06.03.2026 23:25 — 👍 26 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
The invitation to the seven-member delegation comes in response to invitations by Treaty 6 leaders, asking the King to attend the 150th Commemoration of Treaty 6 at Fort Carlton in August.
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Tonight on APTN National News: A mother from a remote community in Nunavik has to make a difficult decision about caring for her son.
The person in connection to the death of an Indigenous woman in 2024 will stand trial.
A mother is facing the difficult decision to either take her son home to Nunavik or to leave him in a specialized facility.
See how she fights for more local care, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/@aptnnews
The verdict of Jamie Felix took less than two hours to decide late Thursday evening earlier this week.
Felix is on trial in Winnipeg for five counts of second-degree murder in 2023.
There was a shooting incident in the Red Earth Cree Nation in Saskatchewan earlier this week where two suspects had fled the scene.
Saskatchewan RCMP has now released the identity of one of the suspects.
42-year-old Deborah Anishinabie’s body was by Thunder Bay police in late 2024 and Levi Michael Lawson was charged with second-degree murder and indignity to a human body.
Lawson’s trial date will be set at a future hearing.
Lily Idlout-Mina is the mother of her adopted son Bobby from the remote community of Inukjuak in northern Quebec.
They have been in Montreal for months to give him the medical care he needs, but now has to make a difficult decision to continue the care.
In anticipation of their annual Indigenous celebration game this Saturday against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Calgary Flames has unveiled their new logo for the match.
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The Damelahamid dancers from the Gitxsaan Nation in northern B.C. speak on their 19th year of performing their dance festival.
06.03.2026 20:23 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“The fact that funding is not sustained is really an obstacle that has destructive consequences for Indigenous peoples. It’s the main hindrance to the development of the full potential of Indigenous peoples, both individually and collectively.”
06.03.2026 19:55 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Today on APTN National News: Verdict for First Nations man on trial for five accounts of second-degree murder has been handed down.
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Speaking at a news conference in Whitehorse, Deputy Auditor General Andrew Hayes called the findings concerning. Story by Sara Connors.
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First Nations Child and Family Caring Society executive director Cindy Blackstock explains to Nation to Nation why the federal government’s funding announcement last week on Jordan’s Principle falls short.
Watch the full discussion: youtu.be/U2Sd8IB5UMA?...
Kashechewan First Nation calls on the Indigenous Services Canada Minister Mandy Gull-Masty to resign following, what the chief says, is a failure in leadership.
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Another problem according to Blackstock is that the government still has not put forward a plan to address the estimated backlog of 130,000 Jordan’s Principle applications.
Watch the YouTube premiere of tonight's episode now.
There has been a lot of outrage over the way a security guard at a Winnipeg Dollarama brutalized an alleged shoplifter.
Both the guard and alleged shoplifter are now facing charges. For more on this incident, watch this week's Truth and Politics panel.
Kashechewan First Nation is past 60 days dealing with critical infrastructure failures and the spread of cryptosporidium causing illness.
They have called on Minister Mandy Gull-Masty’s resignation as she has yet to visit the community or their evacuees.
First Vice-Chief David Pratt has resigned from his position in the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations to run for chief of his home community Muscowpetung Saulteaux First Nation in Saskatchewan.
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