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Daily update on what's making headlines in Indigenous country across Canada and beyond.
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Our lead story: a father fatally shoots his two young daughters, then himself, early Wednesday morning on the Algonquin community of Kitigan Zibi, about 150 kms north of Ottawa. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: a police detachment on Fisher River Cree Nation, 200 kms north of Winnipeg, is the target of a drive-by shooting early Tuesday morning by unknown individuals on an ATV.
Our lead story: Indigenous leaders gather in Ottawa this week to call on all parties to pass Bill C-10—an act to create a federal modern treaty commissioner.
Our lead story: things turn tense at a public hearing for Quebec's Bill 1—an effort to create a constitution for the province—after a chief carrying a sacred eagle staff is barred from the proceedings.
Our lead story: in a Yukon court case centered on so-called 'pretendianism'—where people falsely claim ties to an Indigenous community—an Ontario woman responds to allegations she's libelled a mother and her three daughters.
Our featured story: a teenager in provincial care is found dead on a northwestern B.C. trail near Highway 16—aka the notorious 'Highway of Tears'—one of many First Nations victims in the area.
Our lead story: at day two of the inquest into the fatal 2020 Winnipeg police shooting of 16-year-old Eishia Hudson, testimony from two officers on scene at the time of her death.
Our lead story: the inquest into the death of Eishia Hudson opens in Winnipeg this week, the 16-year-old shot and killed by city police in April 2020 after allegedly robbing a liquor store then driving off with a group of other teens in a stolen jeep. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: Arctic premiers appear before the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Relations to share their perspectives on what Canada's Arctic strategy should look like moving forward. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: a father stands charged with a number of serious offenses following an Alberta RCMP investigation into the death of a young Inuk mother and her presumed-dead infant.
Our lead story: the province of Ontario announces the six-year plan to build a new northern transmission line—from Nipigon Bay to a station near the Aroland First Nation—meant to support resource development in the mineral-rich 'Ring of Fire' area.
Our lead story: Berens River First Nation in Manitoba figures out next steps for students after the sudden loss of their only school to an early morning fire.
Our lead story: Dr. Dianne Lafond, the First Nations Health Ombudsperson, calls for an independent body to investigate recent incidents of alleged violence towards patients in Saskatchewan.
Our lead story: led by the 'OneBC' political party, a rally at the University of British Columbia in support of residential school denialism is confronted by a larger group of counterdemonstrators.
Our lead story: United States President Donald Trump seems to have suddenly backed down on his threat to forcibly annex Greenland, claiming he's worked out a plan for permanent U.S. access to the territory instead.
Our lead story: a Greenlandic government press conference urges citizens to prepare for what could be coming as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to speak of territorial annexation.
Our lead story: Brent Digness, a regional representative with Métis Nation–Saskatchewan, is suspended following the recent release of multiple profanity-laced voicemails.
Our lead story: Nunavummiut rally in Iqaluit to make their support known for Greenlanders—or Kalaallit Inuit—in the face of annexation threats from the United States. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our lead story: Nunavut's premier speaks out in solidarity with Greenland, the Danish territory U.S. President Donald Trump continues to threaten with annexation.
Our lead story: the trial of an RCMP officer charged with assaulting a Mi'kmaw woman wraps up in Woodstock, New Brunswick.
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