Episodes
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.
Published 11/15/24
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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Published 11/14/24
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.
Published 11/12/24
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.
Published 11/08/24
Our lead story: in the wake of Monday’s fatal police shooting in Salluit, Nunavik, Nunavut NDP MP Lori Idlout rises in the House to press the prime minister on Indigenous deaths at the hands of Canadian law enforcement.
Published 11/07/24
Our lead story: a police officer fatally shoots one Inuk man and critically wounds his twin brother in the small Nunavik community of Salluit in northern Quebec early Monday morning.
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Published 11/06/24
Our lead story: with family and friends at his side, the Hon. Justice Murray Sinclair—known for his senior roles with the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission—passes away peacefully early Monday morning in a Winnipeg hospital at age 73.
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Published 11/05/24
Our lead story: a Mi’kmaw mother of three reliant on supports under Jordan’s Principle worries she may lose her children now that she faces the end of those supports.
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Published 11/04/24
Our lead story: accompanied by Special Interlocutor Kimberly Murray, NDP MP Leah Gazan hosts a press conference on Bill C-413, her private member’s bill to include residential school denialism as a form of hate speech under the Criminal Code.
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Published 11/01/24
Our lead story: with just days to go before an election for the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, questions are raised about its spending by the Saskatoon Tribal Council.
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Published 10/31/24
Our lead story: after two years of visits to Indigenous communities, Kimberly Murray—the federal Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites—releases her final report, including 42 obligations stemming from the "enforced disappearances" of children at residential schools.
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Published 10/30/24
Our lead story: although some are upset by a surburban Winnipegger’s lawn signs displaying provocative messages like "The orange shirt movement is a terrorist entity," their options to do something about them appear limited.
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Published 10/29/24
Our lead story: Clarence Woodhouse and Brian Anderson—First Nations men who both spent 50 years in prison for a murder they did not commit—confront all-too-familiar barriers when they try to testify before a Senate committee.
Published 10/28/24
Our lead story: why a Whitehorse women's halfway house that opened just a year-and-a-half ago has now shut its doors—at least for the time being.
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Published 10/25/24
Our lead story: the Manitoba government provides an update on the planned search of a private Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two Long Plain First Nation women, among the four linked to a recently convicted serial killer.
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Published 10/24/24
Our lead story: families of Black and Indigenous people who’ve died while in police custody—nine fatalities over a 20-day stretch this summer alone—take to Parliament Hill to call for a public inquiry and greater oversight of RCMP and municipal police forces.
Published 10/23/24
Our lead story: a recent string of violent incidents hits multiple Manitoba locations, including a woman's murder on Sagkeeng Anicinabe First Nation, the fatal shooting of a man on the Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation, and the non-fatal shooting of a teenager on Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation.
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Published 10/22/24
Our lead story: reflections on chiefs’ overwhelming rejection of a proposed final settlement agreement on child welfare reform, a 10-year, $47.8B dollar deal trumpeted by AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, with the backing of chiefs in Ontario.
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Published 10/21/24
Our lead story: A passionate, sometimes charged debate at the AFN Special Chiefs Assembly in Calgary precedes Thursday's rejection of a resolution in favour of a $47.8B child welfare reform deal with the Canadian government.
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Published 10/18/24
Our lead story: a three-day Special Chiefs Assembly begins in Calgary to debate whether to accept or reject a $47.8B draft agreement on long-term reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services Program.
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Published 10/17/24
Our lead story: the Saskatchewan Health Authority apologizes after an Elder’s ponytail was cut at a Saskatoon hospital while he was unconscious.
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Published 10/16/24
Our lead story: not long after it amended The Child and Family Services Act of Manitoba, the NDP government unveils its plan to transform the provincial child welfare system, one it claims will keep kids with families and communities, and ensure parental support.
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Published 10/15/24
Our lead story: Leaders discuss the First Nations Clean Water Act at a House of Commons committee.
Published 10/11/24
Our lead story: In Ottawa, leaders from the Prince Albert Grand Council press the feds for funding to address healthcare, housing and public safety deficits.
Published 10/10/24