Veldon Coburn

InFocus: On the ground in Unama'ki: Land protectors sound alarm over Indigenous rights in Canada On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens looks at a new law in Nova Scotia that could threaten Mi’kmaq treaty rights. Land protectors at Hunters Mountain in Unama’ki have preve...

What’s happening in Nova Scotia?

Mi’kmaq land protectors have held their ground for over a month. But a new law could change everything.

APTN’s Angel Moore reports from Hunters Mountain and Veldon Coburn explains what’s at stake for Indigenous rights.

Listen to the latest APTN News InFocus:

Former premier of Nunavut calls on Carney to stop victimizing Inuit Paul Quassa is among the Plaintiffs in a class action filed almost six years ago over biological experiments.

Former premier of Nunavut calls on Carney to stop victimizing Inuit involved in biological experiments lawsuit www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

Liberals and Conservatives have let corporate grocers rip off Canadians for far too long.

Billions in profits for the Big 3 Grocers, while working-class people wonder how they’ll afford their next meal.

No more waiting for the market to fix itself. Canada needs a public option for grocery stores.

October 8th is one of my favourite days because this one time on October 8th - I went to Christopher Columbus' birthplace and installed a plaque on his home, claiming the property on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas.

Kebaowek First Nation holds news conference in Ottawa over Chalk River proposal | APTN News YouTube video by APTN News

LIVE: Leaders of Kebaowek First Nation are in Ottawa ahead of a case in Federal Court over a nuclear disposal site on the Ottawa River.

Nunavut Nukkiksautiit Corporation, a 100% Inuit-owned company is building a community wind turbine and battery 5km from Sanikiluaq: "These will cut the demand for diesel required for electricity by at least 50%" 👏👏👏

Saugeen First Nation celebrates getting their beach back Saugeen First Nation is celebrating having a beach returned to it after a surveying error from the 1850s excluded it from the reserve.

Saugeen First Nation in Ontario joined together for some sun and sand to celebrate getting their beach back.

The fight to be recognized as the rightful owners of a popular beach ended a month ago after the Supreme Court refused to hear a case against them.

This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza. All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers. We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah. Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.

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A MAGA terrorist killed two teenagers who criticized Charlie Kirk.

When centrists try to "both sides" what is happening, it is important to clarify that, no, the far-left is not the same as the far-right, in any sense.

Canada is taking First Nations kids back to court on October 6th, 2025.

Read more about the Powless family and supporters holding Canada accountable for its legal obligations concerning Jordan's Principle, bit.ly/PowlessInformationSheet

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As @freedomflotilla.bsky.social is attacked by Israel, mant more boats follow.

Share this video from Nima Machouf who is on one of them! Shocking that media won't cover this: people from all walks of life are determined to break Gaza's siege. Governments fail, people rise.
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The people at this ostrich farm are the same gang that opposed M-103, co-opted yellow vests, push UN / WEF conspiracies, opposed lockdowns, face masks and vaccines, occupied Ottawa, harassed people at drag story time events etc

It’s all the same far-right influencers and content creators every time

Residential schools still exist in our world today. This is the lesson Canadians can draw from that disturbing truth Canadians think about residential schools as if they were a creature of the past, an ancient moral failing from which we have since evolved. But around the world new residential

In this OpEd, I talk about the residential schools still being built in China and Russia - and explain how that should change Canadians’ thinking about this country’s residential schools: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

So he either knew there was child trafficking and rape being done by the world's most powerful people to hundreds of kids and did absolutely nothing about it or tell anyone.

Or he's lying

YouTube video by CTV News ‘Do we really want to be a two-party system like the U.S.?’ | Avi Lewis launches NDP leadership bid

CTV puts the big question in the headline: coverage of our launch last night.

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It was only a matter of time

Sick leave is a funny thing to call this.

I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities:

At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio

Hip-hop group Kneecap barred from entering Canada for supporting 'terrorist organizations' | CBC News The Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap has been banned from entering Canada over what the federal government says is their "open endorsement of terrorist organizations."

The silence of Canadian musicians is defeaning. #kneecap #cdnpoli #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide

It is very clear that an error of law was made because Bill C-9 requires that any symbol deemed hate speech be a “listed entity.” Is the government telling us that t nIrish or Palestinian flags are listed as hate symbols by the Canadian state? Because if not they violated their own law.

None, sadly. I wish I was of age to have seen Zoo TV (which is not pictured … that is the inferior PopMart Tour).

I can't stop thinking about 1 sentence in today's UN report regarding Israel's genocide in Gaza. "Israeli security forces shot at & killed civilians, including children who were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.”

Nothing to add.

It’s out! The Price of Gold is available NOW to order through @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social and fine retailers online. Will be frantically peeking in bookstore windows soon!

Media reporting on it as a war from here on out are doing genocide denial

Former UN Special Rapporteur Dr. Michael Lynk is coming to
@unbresearch.bsky.social to talk about Academic Freedom and the Palestine Exception on October 1 at 5pm

At this point the Zionist position is literally that the UN, Amnesty International, and the International Association of Genocide Scholars are, you guessed it, Hamas.