Daily update on what's making headlines in Indigenous country across Canada and beyond.
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Our lead story: a First Nations student is unsatisfied with the response of her rural Manitoba high school following an allegedly racist reaction to her ribbon skirt.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: in the ongoing trial of Jeremy Skibicki—the self-confessed killer of Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, and the still-unidentified Buffalo Woman—a psychiatrist ordered to assess the accused by the court takes the stand.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: the multiple murder trial of Jeremy Skibicki resumes, as his defense counsel tries to convince a judge their client is not criminally responsible due to mental illness in the killings of Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, and Buffalo Woman.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: a forthcoming inquest into the 2020 shooting death of teenager Eishia Hudson—one of three Indigenous people shot and killed by Winnipeg police over a 10-day span that year—will look into the role systemic racism potentially played in her death.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: a Manitoba mother has spoken out following a disturbing encounter at her home with the Winnipeg Police Service, an incident caught on security camera.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: set up in July 2023 in support of a landfill search for suspected human remains, Camp Marcedes—named after Marcedes Myran, a First Nations victim of an admitted Winnipeg serial killer—comes down.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: ‘Morgan’s Warriors’, a new group named after the late Morgan Harris—one of four Indigenous women victimized by an admitted Winnipeg serial killer—is set to patrol the city’s streets next month.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: Sol Mamakwa, NDP member of the provincial Parliament of Ontario, makes history by speaking his ancestral tongue of Anishininiimowin (Oji-Cree) in the Legislature, the first time a language other than English or French has officially been allowed.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: nine years after the drowning of Richelle Bear’s 14-year-old son Haven Dubois in a Regina-area creek, her fight for a provincial inquest into his death is finally realized.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: the federal NDP raises concerns in the House of Commons about the state of drinking water in Nunavut, where communities continue to be plagued with unsafe access.
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Our lead story: new research finds wastewater from the Dryden Paper Mill intensified mercury contamination of the Wabigoon River. Long relied upon by the people of Grassy Narrows First Nation, the bulk of whom show symptoms of mercury poisoning.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: three weeks in to multiple murder trial of Jeremy Skibicki—the non-Indigenous man who’s admitted to killing four Indigenous women—a Winnipeg police sergeant testifies Wednesday about a pen pal of Skibicki’s at a female prison in Nova Scotia.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: the trial of Jeremy Skibicki—admitted killer of four Indigenous women—continues Tuesday, when a crime analyst with the Winnipeg Police Service is called to the stand.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: Alberta RCMP have linked the mid-1970s deaths of four young women to a man named Gary Srery, a serial sexual offender and killer who died in an Idaho prison in 2011.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: during Thursday’s proceedings in the multiple murder trial of Manitoba’s Jeremy Skibicki—whose lawyers claim he’s not criminally responsible due to mental illness for the killing of four Indigenous women—the Crown calls his estranged wife to the stand in support of their argument that Skibicki knew what he was doing and that it was …
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Our lead story: on Wednesday at the ongoing multiple murder trial of Jeremy Skibicki, lawyers for the Crown seek to disprove defence claims the accused is criminally not responsible due to mental illness, calling upon neighbours and a worker at aN inner city shelter to testify.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: in the ongoing trial of Jeremy Skibicki—the non-Indigenous man who’s admitted to killing four Indigenous women—Tuesday’s proceedings include testimony from a DNA expert, and a Crown request for a mental assessment of the accused, whose defence claims is not criminally responsible due to mental illness.…
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Our lead story: the trial of self-declared serial killer Jeremy Skibicki continued Monday, when a Winnipeg police detective spoke to the role that thousands of hours of video surveillance played in the investigation.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: on Friday's proceedings at the multiple murder trial of Jeremy Skibicki in Winnipeg, the Crown calls a city forensic police officer to the stand, along with a pathologist.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: in the ongoing trial of alleged serial killer Jeremy Skibicki, who's told the court it was he who killed four Indigenous women—Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and Buffalo Woman—the court hears what Winnipeg police found when they searched Skibicki’s apartment.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: with a non-Indigenous man on trial for murder now saying he did kill four Indigenous women—Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and Buffalo Woman—the presiding judge must decide not only whether Jeremy Skibicki killed the women but whether he's criminally responsible in light of claims he has a mental disorder.…
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Our lead story: our extensive coverage of Red Dress Day events—an annual day forefronting systemic injustice against missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQI+ people—features gatherings in Yellowknife, N.W.T. and Saskatchewan.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: a high-profile Manitoba murder trial takes a twist when accused serial killer Jeremy Skibicki changes his plea from not guilty to an admission that he did kill four women believed to be Indigenous.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: a Manitoba judge opts to stick with a jury for the multiple murder trial of Jeremy Skibicki, charged with killing four Indigenous women in the spring of 2022—Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and the as yet unidentified Buffalo Woman.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: the search of a Saskatoon landfill continues for clues related to the whereabouts of missing Métis woman Mackenzie Trottier, an effort much appreciated by Métis Nation–Saskatchewan.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: the third day of pre-trial proceedings in the Jeremy Skibicki case in Winnipeg is much like the first two, with the defence trying to get the judge to toss the jury due to alleged bias.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: day two of pre-trial proceedings against Jeremy Skibicki—the man accused of the 2022 murders of Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and the as-yet-unidentified Buffalo Woman—features a constitutional challenge of a jury's impartiality.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: pre-trial proceedings begin in a Winnipeg courtroom as suspected serial killer Jeremy Skibicki faces four counts of first-degree murder in the 2022 deaths of four Indigenous women.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: a Tuscarora family from Six Nations living in St. Catharines, ON is frustrated with the way police have handled their brother’s missing persons report and the investigation into his death.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: Manitoba RCMP announce charges against Leon Paul Mercredi, the man suspected of the September 2021 double homicide of Brent Denechezhe and Leona Tssessaze at their home on Northlands Denesuline First Nation in northern Manitoba.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: the BC Prosecution Service announces that three RCMP officers won't face charges in the July 2021 shooting death of Wet'suwet'en father of two Jared Lowndes.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: a ground-penetrating radar search for possible unmarked graves begins in Whitehorse YK at the sites of two church-run dormitories built to house young out of town Indigenous students during the 1960s and 70s.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: Raymond Cormier, the man once suspected but later acquitted of the 2014 murder of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine in Winnipeg, is reportedly found dead in Kenora, ON.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: a recap of week two of the ongoing Yukon coroner's inquest into the deaths of four Indigenous women at the Whitehorse emergency shelter.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: the future of Bill C-53—the federal Métis self-government recognition legislation—is left in doubt now that Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN–S) has announced its withdrawal of support.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: First Nations leaders express clear disappointment as to how Indigenous priorities fared in the Liberal federal budget tabled Tuesday.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: the Trudeau government unveils a 2024 federal budget with funding for Indigenous priorities, but spends less overall than previous years.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: following recent charges against three former police service members, a press conference called by the Thunder Bay police chief and the chair of the police board takes some interesting twists.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: fellow First Nations leaders in Manitoba weigh in on controversial allegations of child sexual abuse against the chief of Lake St. Martin.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation breathes a sigh of relief following a favourable Territorial Court of Appeal decision upholding a prohibition on mineral exploration in an ecologically-important area, activity greenlit by the Yukon government.
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Our lead story: Chris Traverse, the chief of Lake St. Martin First Nation in Manitoba, faces a number of charges stemming from alleged sex offences involving a child.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: Ontario Provincial Police lay multiple charges against Holly Walbourne, one-time legal counsel with the Thunder Bay Police Service, as part of an ongoing investigation into members of the force dating back to late 2021.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: First Nations leaders in British Columbia are outraged at the news that two Prince George RCMP officers charged with manslaughter in the 2017 death of Dale Culver have now had those charges stayed.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: change is once again to come to Winnipeg’s downtown, with news of the redevelopment of a shopping mall in the city's core into a healthcare centre and affordable housing project.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s pre-budget tour continues with a stop in Winnipeg to unveil his government’s plan to tackle Canada’s housing crisis.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: As the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal continues its hearings on federal compliance with Jordan's Principle—meant to secure First Nations kids' access to health, social and educational supports within 48 hours—critics point to a backlog of roughly one-third of all requests.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society is once again before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, citing a federal failure to process Jordan's Principle claims in a timely manner.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) is in turmoil, laying off half its staff amid allegations of a toxic workplace.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: denied the opportunity to run for council because she resides outside her First Nation’s boundaries, Vuntut Gwitchin member Cindy Dickson’s five-year fight finally reaches Canada’s highest court.על ידי APTN
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Our lead story: the federal government says it's set aside $15 million to reimburse Indigenous governments and organizations in the Northwest Territories which spent their own funds to help evacuees during last year’s wildfire season.על ידי APTN
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