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Chief Jeff Copenace of Onigaming First Nation speaks on taking legal action against the province of Ontario and numerous resource companies if they decide to move forward on projects without the First Nation’s consent.
First Nation chief on highway blockade and taking legal action against Ontario | APTN News
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November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Chief Jeff Copenace of Onigaming First Nation speaks on taking legal action against the province of Ontario and numerous resource companies if they decide to move forward on projects without the First Nation’s consent.
Quebec Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault has made the decision to resign from being a cabinet minister for the prime minister.
This is in protest of the MOU signing between the prime minister and Alberta premier.
This is in protest of the MOU signing between the prime minister and Alberta premier.
Quebec Liberal MP resigns from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet over MOU | APTN News
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November 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Quebec Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault has made the decision to resign from being a cabinet minister for the prime minister.
This is in protest of the MOU signing between the prime minister and Alberta premier.
This is in protest of the MOU signing between the prime minister and Alberta premier.
Alex Lawson was last seen just over three years ago near his apartment in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
His family has now turned to the public again in hopes of getting any answers to what could have happened.
His family has now turned to the public again in hopes of getting any answers to what could have happened.
Family reaches out for public’s help finding father who has been missing for three years | APTN News
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November 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Alex Lawson was last seen just over three years ago near his apartment in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
His family has now turned to the public again in hopes of getting any answers to what could have happened.
His family has now turned to the public again in hopes of getting any answers to what could have happened.
One of the Carney government’s nation-building projects is connecting the stand-alone power grid in the Yukon to British Columbia’s.
However, one First Nation has concerns about it possibly running through it’s asserted territory.
However, one First Nation has concerns about it possibly running through it’s asserted territory.
Nation-building project on the west coast to connect power grids is off to a rocky start | APTN News
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November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
One of the Carney government’s nation-building projects is connecting the stand-alone power grid in the Yukon to British Columbia’s.
However, one First Nation has concerns about it possibly running through it’s asserted territory.
However, one First Nation has concerns about it possibly running through it’s asserted territory.
The Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations says it’s “looking forward” to being involved in consultations after Canada and Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding on getting oil to markets on Thursday.
Treaty 6 Nations ‘disappointed’ in lack of consultation on MOU
Treaty 6 Nations say they expects collaboration with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations says it’s “looking forward” to being involved in consultations after Canada and Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding on getting oil to markets on Thursday.
The Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations says it's looking forward to consultation on the freshly inked MOU between Ottawa and Alberta, but it's disappointed it didn't happen before the agreement was signed.
Treaty 6 Nations ‘disappointed’ in lack of consultation on MOU
Treaty 6 Nations say they expects collaboration with Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations says it's looking forward to consultation on the freshly inked MOU between Ottawa and Alberta, but it's disappointed it didn't happen before the agreement was signed.
Tonight on APTN National News: The MOU signed between Canada and Alberta has sparked reactions from the province and British Columbia.
Another nation-building project on the west coast could also be off to a rocky start says one First Nation.
Another nation-building project on the west coast could also be off to a rocky start says one First Nation.
APTN National News: November 28, 2025 – Pipeline memorandum sparks reactions, Connecting power grids
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November 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Tonight on APTN National News: The MOU signed between Canada and Alberta has sparked reactions from the province and British Columbia.
Another nation-building project on the west coast could also be off to a rocky start says one First Nation.
Another nation-building project on the west coast could also be off to a rocky start says one First Nation.
Earlier this month, the ITK denounced the federal government for not renewing funding to eliminate the disease in Inuit
TB outbreak hits Labrador weeks after ITK decried funding loss
Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador have declared an outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) within the...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Earlier this month, the ITK denounced the federal government for not renewing funding to eliminate the disease in Inuit
A lawyer representing First Nations in a 2019 lawsuit against the federal government says his clients may take legal action to force Ottawa to reintroduce legislation to give them clean drinking water.
Further court action by First Nations could be coming as they grow impatient with the federal government over safe water legislation. Indigenous Services Canada has promised to reintroduce it in the fall session which ends in less than two weeks.
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First Nations considering court action to get feds to move on clean water
A lawyer in a 2019 lawsuit against Ottawa says his clients are considering legal action to force it to get moving on cleaning drinking water.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A lawyer representing First Nations in a 2019 lawsuit against the federal government says his clients may take legal action to force Ottawa to reintroduce legislation to give them clean drinking water.
Earlier this week around 8:22am, Prince Albert police responded to a call where they found a 16-year-old female had been shot and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
A 17-year-old male who was inside the home at the scene was arrested.
A 17-year-old male who was inside the home at the scene was arrested.
16-year-old girl shot by 17-year-old boy in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan | APTN News
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November 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Earlier this week around 8:22am, Prince Albert police responded to a call where they found a 16-year-old female had been shot and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
A 17-year-old male who was inside the home at the scene was arrested.
A 17-year-old male who was inside the home at the scene was arrested.
Matawa First Nations is a non-profit tribal council that supports nine First Nations in north-western Ontario and they have had to declare a state of emergency due to the federal government’s funding cuts.
Non-profit tribal council declares state of emergency over federal budget cuts | APTN News
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November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Matawa First Nations is a non-profit tribal council that supports nine First Nations in north-western Ontario and they have had to declare a state of emergency due to the federal government’s funding cuts.
Joan Beatty, the first of three First Nations women ever elected into the Saskatchewan provincial legislature and former NDP MLA was honoured in Saskatchewan earlier this week by the province’s NDP.
Saskatchewan NDP honours former NDP MLA, Joan Beatty | APTN News
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November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Joan Beatty, the first of three First Nations women ever elected into the Saskatchewan provincial legislature and former NDP MLA was honoured in Saskatchewan earlier this week by the province’s NDP.
Today on APTN National News: British Columbia responds to the memorandum of understanding signing between the prime minister and Alberta premier.
APTN National News: November 28, 2025
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November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Today on APTN National News: British Columbia responds to the memorandum of understanding signing between the prime minister and Alberta premier.
Who gets status? Lawyer and professor Pam Palmater joins InFocus to unpack the fact and fiction around the second-generation cut-off and share what’s at stake.
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InFocus: Who gets status? Inside the fight over the second-generation cut off
On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens looks at the debate over the second-generation cut-off in the Indian Act. The Senate's Indigenous Affairs committee is reviewing Bill S-2, ...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Who gets status? Lawyer and professor Pam Palmater joins InFocus to unpack the fact and fiction around the second-generation cut-off and share what’s at stake.
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Listen: pod.fo/e/35bf65
Advocates warn the deal would invite other provinces to make copycat demands.
Pipeline deal isn't good for Canada's climate policy: advocates
A new pipeline agreement between Alberta and Ottawa could trigger a race to the bottom on Canada's climate policies say advocates.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Advocates warn the deal would invite other provinces to make copycat demands.
With an MOU on a proposed tar-sands-to-B.C. pipeline now signed, some slam the conditions of the agreement.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: November 28, 2025—Criticism of federal/AB MOU signing on proposed bitumen pipeline to BC
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 ther...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
With an MOU on a proposed tar-sands-to-B.C. pipeline now signed, some slam the conditions of the agreement.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
If the amendments are approved, they will mark a historic step toward ending decades of gender-based discrimination in First Nations status law.
Bill S-2 amendments face critical Senate vote Tuesday
The Senate committee on Indigenous Affairs pushed back against the Carney government and passed an amendment in Bill S-2
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November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If the amendments are approved, they will mark a historic step toward ending decades of gender-based discrimination in First Nations status law.
Celebrated author Thomas King revealed this week that he is not Cherokee.
The revelation has left many people shocked and upset, though the admission is not coming as a big surprise for others.
That’s the topic on this week’s Truth & Politics panel.
The revelation has left many people shocked and upset, though the admission is not coming as a big surprise for others.
That’s the topic on this week’s Truth & Politics panel.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Celebrated author Thomas King revealed this week that he is not Cherokee.
The revelation has left many people shocked and upset, though the admission is not coming as a big surprise for others.
That’s the topic on this week’s Truth & Politics panel.
The revelation has left many people shocked and upset, though the admission is not coming as a big surprise for others.
That’s the topic on this week’s Truth & Politics panel.
Mining has been a key factor to the economy of the Northwest Territories for a long time and APTN’s Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs shows us the historic legacy of the sector, but also the current challenges that it faces.
What Indigenous ownership looks like in resource development in Northwest Territories | APTN News
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November 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Mining has been a key factor to the economy of the Northwest Territories for a long time and APTN’s Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs shows us the historic legacy of the sector, but also the current challenges that it faces.
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the memorandum of understanding that Canada and Alberta Thursday morning.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
‘The answer is no and always will be’: UBCIC on Alberta-Canada MOU
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the MOU signed Thursday morning to build a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the memorandum of understanding that Canada and Alberta Thursday morning.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
Sweeping changes to Bill S-2 that would eliminate the second-generation cutoff from the Indian Act will face a crucial vote in the Senate on Tuesday.
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Will the Senate's attempt to amend S-2 survive and end discrimination?
The Senate committee on Indigenous Affairs pushed back against the Carney government and passed an amendment in Bill S-2
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November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Sweeping changes to Bill S-2 that would eliminate the second-generation cutoff from the Indian Act will face a crucial vote in the Senate on Tuesday.
Read more about this weeks Nation to Nation on our website:
Read more about this weeks Nation to Nation on our website:
Alberta, alongside the Carney government, sign an agreement to expedite the construction of an oil pipeline to British Columbia.
Why some out west are less than excited, tonight on APTN National News.
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Why some out west are less than excited, tonight on APTN National News.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Alberta, alongside the Carney government, sign an agreement to expedite the construction of an oil pipeline to British Columbia.
Why some out west are less than excited, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
Why some out west are less than excited, tonight on APTN National News.
Watch live: www.youtube.com/aptnnews
Who would gain status under proposed changes to Bill S-2?
Senator Paul Prosper says the amendments wouldn’t open the floodgates – they’d end discrimination against people born after 1985 who didn’t marry another status person.
Here’s what the changes would do.
Full discussion tonight on N2N.
Senator Paul Prosper says the amendments wouldn’t open the floodgates – they’d end discrimination against people born after 1985 who didn’t marry another status person.
Here’s what the changes would do.
Full discussion tonight on N2N.
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Who would gain status under proposed changes to Bill S-2?
Senator Paul Prosper says the amendments wouldn’t open the floodgates – they’d end discrimination against people born after 1985 who didn’t marry another status person.
Here’s what the changes would do.
Full discussion tonight on N2N.
Senator Paul Prosper says the amendments wouldn’t open the floodgates – they’d end discrimination against people born after 1985 who didn’t marry another status person.
Here’s what the changes would do.
Full discussion tonight on N2N.
‘The statistics are pretty frustrating in whatever way you look at it.’
Columnist Niigaan Sinclair talks about the 10th anniversary of the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action and how progress on reconciliation seems to have stalled.
Full Face to Face interview: youtu.be/WSnwmTvBCII
Columnist Niigaan Sinclair talks about the 10th anniversary of the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action and how progress on reconciliation seems to have stalled.
Full Face to Face interview: youtu.be/WSnwmTvBCII
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
‘The statistics are pretty frustrating in whatever way you look at it.’
Columnist Niigaan Sinclair talks about the 10th anniversary of the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action and how progress on reconciliation seems to have stalled.
Full Face to Face interview: youtu.be/WSnwmTvBCII
Columnist Niigaan Sinclair talks about the 10th anniversary of the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action and how progress on reconciliation seems to have stalled.
Full Face to Face interview: youtu.be/WSnwmTvBCII
Elections Canada says voting services in Nunavik during the spring federal election were 'significantly hindered' by a lack of planning and oversight.
Voting 'hindered' in Nunavik during spring election says Elections Canada
Elections Canada says voting services in Nunavik during the federal election were 'hindered" by a lack of planning and oversight.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Elections Canada says voting services in Nunavik during the spring federal election were 'significantly hindered' by a lack of planning and oversight.