Our lead story: as a toxic drug crisis continues to harm and take lives in the Yukon, advocates have sounded the alarm over the relative rise in use of synthetic opioid cychlorphine in the territorial capital.

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Our lead story: 41-year-old Elizabeth Taqaq Kumak becomes Quebec's fourteenth femicide of 2026 after she's allegedly killed by her partner last week in Inukjuak.

Our featured story: after a clean Liberal sweep of all three Monday by-elections, a First Nations professor wonders whether voters' apparent validation of the Liberals' trade-focused agenda could see the cause of Reconciliation take a back seat.

Our lead story: friends, family and supporters of the late Barbara Kentner gather in Ottawa to call for a review of the recent decision to fully parole a man convicted in her death nine years ago.

Our featured story: months after a serious altercation at a Winnipeg Dollarama between an Impact Security Group employee and an Indigenous man led to charges against the guard, ISG now employs an Indigenous 'ambassador' at the store.

Our featured item: APTN's 'Truth & Politics' panel weighs in on a new climate emergencies report which found 134 First Nations and 40,000 evacuees were impacted by Canadian wildfires in 2025.

Our lead story: renewed turmoil at the top levels of the Southern Chiefs Organization—representing 33 Anishinaabe and Dakota nations in southern Manitoba—as another call emerges for the ouster of current SCO grand chief Jerry Daniels.

Our lead story: a rise in uranium exploration sites in northern Saskatchewan prompts the Clearwater River Dene Nation to initiate traffic checks on vehicles travelling through their lands.

Our lead story: with talks between Canada and the U.S. breaking down late Friday evening, and a new round of 50% American tariffs on Canadian goods looming, Indigenous businesses are among those expected to be hurt by the 'trade war.'

Our featured story: recently unveiled in Ottawa, the national monument 'Thunderhead'—dedicated to victims of 2SLGBTQI+ discrimination—is said to be the only one of its kind in the world.