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Daily update on what's making headlines in Indigenous country across Canada and beyond.
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APTN News Brief: April 26, 2024
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.
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APTN News Brief: April 25, 2024
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.
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APTN News Brief: April 24, 2024
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.
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APTN News Brief: April 23, 2024
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.
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APTN News Brief: April 22, 2024
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.
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APTN News Brief: April 19, 2024
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.