APTN News Brief

Our lead story: northern Manitoba RCMP fatally shoot a First Nations teen on the Norway House Cree Nation, the eleventh time since August that an Indigenous person has been killed by Canadian police.

Our lead story: the Trudeau government proposes a temporary removal of GST and HST from specific items such as groceries, diapers, toys, and restaurant meals, along with a $250 rebate for any Canadian tax filers earning under $150,000 in 2023.

Our lead story: Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault steps down from the Liberal cabinet amidst pushback on his shifting claims to Indigenous ancestry and his jointly-owned company’s application for an Indigenous-only business grant.

Our lead story: Liberal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault’s misrepresentation of his co-owned business as Indigenous comes up at a House of Commons committee meeting on Indigenous procurement.

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Our lead story: the emergence of community mental health response services—where respondents draw on lived experience and de-escalation training—as an alternative to police or emergency personnel.

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Our lead story: Jason Kennedy of Bloodvein First Nation in Manitoba speaks out about how a Winnipeg hospital recently performed an emergency amputation on the wrong leg.

Our lead story: Anthony Bilodeau—the Alberta man who, together with father Roger Bilodeau, was convicted in the fatal 2020 shooting of Métis hunters Maurice Cardinal and Jacob Sansom—exhausts his final appeal at the Supreme Court.

Our lead story: Manitoba RCMP confirm human remains found along the banks of the Winnipeg River on November 11 to be those of Christian James Letander, the Sagkeeng First Nation father who went missing earlier this month.

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Our lead story: a November 8th gathering at the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument in Ottawa is one of many National Indigenous Veterans Day ceremonies held across Canada.

Our lead story: the Aamjiwnaang First Nation—located in southwestern Ontario’s heavily industrialized "Chemical Valley"—calls on the province and the feds to better address toxic pollution and environmental racism.