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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: at a press conference on Parliament Hill, some Ontario chiefs express scepticism about renewed federal promises of clean water legislation for First Nations.
Our lead story: at day one of the Assembly of First Nations winter meeting in Ottawa, last week's federal/Alberta tar sands pipeline MOU does not go over well with chiefs on the floor.
Our lead story: the search of a Winnipeg-area landfill begins for the remains of 30-year-old mother of three Ashlee Shingoose—one of four First Nations women murdered over three years ago by a now-convicted serial killer.
Our featured story: the Ross River Dena Council speaks out against the proposed $4 billion 'Yukon–British Columbia Grid Connect' project, touted by the Carney government as one of its initial "nation-building" priorities.
Our lead story: with a MOU on a new proposed tar-sands-to-B.C. pipeline now signed, some slam the conditions of the federal/Alberta memorandum of understanding as excessive, while others claim there should have been more attached.
Our lead story: an anticipated federal/Alberta memorandum of understanding regarding a proposed pipeline from the tar sands to the west coast sparks concerns from both British Columbia and First Nations.
Our lead story: Manitoba's Red Dress Alert system takes one step closer to reality with the release of a final report on community consultations.
Our featured story: the Assembly of First Nations 2SLGBTQQIA council claims new Alberta laws affecting young trans individuals—laws exempt from Charter-based court challenges for 5 years under the so-called notwithstanding clause—directly threaten the safety of Indigenous youth in the province.
Our lead story: a candlelight vigil near the Alberta legislature is held in honour of Natanis Merasty, the missing 24-year-old from Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, last seen in Edmonton this past May.
Our lead story: new and significant developments concerning allegations of misspending of federal Covid-19 relief funds at the Mohawk community of Kanesatake.
Our lead story: a look at the new premier and speaker chosen by Nunavut's recently-elected 21-member territorial legislature. >Interstitial: ZapSplat.com
Our lead story: environmental groups line up alongside the chief of the Cold Lake First Nations in Alberta to demand a halt to a tar sands carbon capture proposal, the Pathways Alliance Project.
Our lead story: at a ceremony in Manitoba, Mark Carney becomes the first sitting prime minister to attend event commemorating anniversary of Métis leader Louis Riel's execution by the Canadian state.
Our lead story: new charges laid in the death of 21-year-old Grassy Narrows First Nation man Mekhi Pelly, with Terrance Cherry, 24, of Kenora now facing charges of first-degree murder as well as committing an indignity to a dead body.
Our lead story: PM Mark Carney proposes six more large-scale infrastructure projects—three of which would, if built, directly impact Indigenous peoples—supported by a so-called Major Projects Office meant to fast track the regulatory process.
Our lead story: following news of the statutory release of Shawn Lamb—convicted in 2013 for killing two First Nations women in Winnipeg—family members of the victims are in shock, saying they had no warning it would happen. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
Our featured story: Manitoba RCMP announce sexual assault charges dating back to 1984 against Chief Vincent Tacan, just days before this week's election on the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
A special Remembrance Day edition of the Brief centres on commemorations of Indigenous Veterans Day (observed every November 8th) in different parts of Canada.
Our lead story: as some senators push to add the second-generation Status cut off to Bill S-2's removal of sex-based discrimination from the Indian Act, the Indigenous Services minister wants the bill to go forward as is.
Our lead story: the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) clears two RCMP officers in the August 2024 shooting death of 15-year-old Hoss Lightning Saddleback in Wetaskiwin, AB.
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