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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

Our lead story: First Nations leaders express clear disappointment as to how Indigenous priorities fared in the Liberal federal budget tabled Tuesday.توسط APTN

Our lead story: the Trudeau government unveils a 2024 federal budget with funding for Indigenous priorities, but spends less overall than previous years.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

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.توسط APTN

Our lead story: five former chiefs of Kitcisakik First Nation go to Ottawa to jointly ask the Indigenous Services Canada minister to intervene in a band council situation the ex-chiefs claim is dysfunctional.توسط APTN

Our lead story: the Manitoba government agrees to a $530 million class action settlement concerning children in its child welfare system—the bulk of them Indigenous—from whom it held back federal children's special allowances (CSAs) between 2004 and 2019.توسط APTN

Our lead story: after more than a year of pleas and protests in Manitoba, $40 million in funding—half federal, half provincial—is announced for a search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for Indigenous women’s remains.توسط APTN

Our lead story: the president of Nunatukavut Community Council (NCC) appears in federal court yesterday to defend their memorandum of understanding with the federal government, an MOU critics want quashed on the grounds the NCC’s 6,000 southern Labrador members are allegedly not Inuit.توسط APTN

Our lead story: in the wake of DFO’s decision earlier this month to close the lucrative elvers (baby eels) fishery, the topic of how to prevent violence and poaching arises at the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans this week.توسط APTN

Our lead story: federal Auditor General Karen Hogan releases reports on First Nations housing and policing and, to almost no one’s surprise, assigns the federal government failing grades in both cases.توسط APTN

Our lead story: the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations calls out school leaders in Coronach SK for alleged racism and bullying after a family shares the story of their 10-year-old son's years of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual abuse by classmates.توسط APTN

Our lead story: the recently-announced closure of the 2024 maritime commercial elver fishery draws fire from the Wolastoqey Nation, who accuse the feds of favouring commercial fishers.توسط APTN

Our lead story: the recent death of an Edmonton father of four at a city hospital following a confrontation with peace officers has left the family of the late Darryl Sabourin with questions about what happened.توسط APTN

Our lead story: there is growing concern about proposed budget cuts at Indigenous Services Canada—over $4 billion in fiscal year 2025-26, according to departmental plans—a possibility Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Cathy Merrick called "unacceptable and irresponsible.”توسط APTN

Our lead story: following last month’s 33 recommendations for change stemming from the Saskatchewan inquest into the horrific 2022 mass stabbings on James Smith Cree Nation, 14 more are announced by the National Joint Board of Investigations for the Parole Board of Canada and Correctional Services Canada.…

Our lead story: an Ontario human rights complaint alleging "sexist, racist and abusive behaviour" has been launched against Nishnawbe Aski Police Service Chief Roland Morrison, as well as two other service employees, by former NAPS head of finance Lori Payne.توسط APTN

Our lead story: rallies in Winnipeg, Ottawa and Vancouver on International Women’s Day jointly call on the federal and Manitoba governments to begin the long-awaited search for Indigenous women’s remains at a Winnipeg-area landfill.توسط APTN

Our lead story: residents from James Smith Cree Nation react to the conclusion of the Saskatchewan inquest into the in-custody death of mass killer Myles Sanderson, whose September 2022 stabbing spree killed 11 and injured 17.توسط APTN

Our lead story: family of slain Métis hunters Jacob Sansom and Maurice Cardinal attend the appeal hearing of Anthony Bilodeau, who, along with father Roger Bilodeau, was convicted in the 2020 shooting deaths of both men on a rural Alberta road.توسط APTN

Our lead story: the Cat Lake First Nation in northern Ontario is in a state of crisis after a weekend fire destroys its only nursing station, forcing those with specific medical needs like cancer and diabetes to be evacuated.توسط APTN

Our lead story: a city long known for its chronic housing challenges, Vancouver’s situation only threatens to get worse if nothing is done now, according to a report by a local housing advocacy group.توسط APTN

Our lead story: Spirit Rising House, a foster home operator in Winnipeg, is placed into co-management by the province and under police investigation following allegations it illegally provided cannabis to youth living in their care homes.توسط APTN

Our lead story: a Canadian senator puts forth a private member's bill that she hopes will finally put an end to forced and coerced sterilizations.توسط APTN

Our lead story: an update on one N.W.T. mother’s fight to regain custody of her children two years after their apprehension, a territory where a staggering 98% of kids in care are Indigenous.توسط APTN

Our lead story: the Saskatchewan inquest into the death of Myles Sanderson—the man who killed 11 and injured 17 more on James Smith Cree Nation in September 2022—gets underway in Saskatoon, to examine how he died and recommend ways to prevent similar deaths in the future.

Our lead story: the Mushkegowuk Council announces the completion of its feasibility study into a massive marine conservation area on the southwestern shores of James Bay and Hudson Bay, an initiative led by a group of northern Ontario First Nations.توسط APTN

Our lead story: the mother of one of five family members recently killed in Manitoba has spoken out, claiming it was child and family services who placed her teenage daughter in the home where her life was taken.توسط APTN

Our lead story: 22 years after the arrest and eventual imprisonment of serial killer Robert Willie Pickton for the murders of dozens of women, news that he’s now officially eligible to apply for day parole has angered the families of some of his victims.توسط APTN

Our lead story: with convicted serial killer Robert Pickton now eligible for parole as of today, Assembly of First Nations B.C. Regional Chief Terry Teegee shares his concerns for the families of the victims.توسط APTN