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Mark Carney talks child welfare, economic reconciliation at leadership campaign stop

2 months ago | aptnnews.ca | Angel Moore |Karyn Pugliese

Mark Carney, like other Liberal leadership hopefuls, has been zig-zagging across the country offering some insight into how a Liberal government would operate under him. Since hitting the campaign trail two weeks ago, the former banker has not mentioned reconciliation or laid out a vision for working with Indigenous Peoples. A Cree elder did say a prayer at his launch in Edmonton, and Carney offered a land acknowledgement before speaking in Halifax Friday.
First Nations water legislation dead after prorogation

Jan 7, 2025 | aptnnews.ca | Karyn Pugliese |Angel Moore

Proposed federal legislation that would have helped make First Nations drinking water safe, is now dead after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prorogued Parliament on Monday. Bill C-61, the proposed First Nations Clean Water Act, was currently being studied in committee but because of prorogation – all business in Parliament has come to a close. The bill set new safety standards for drinking water, offered new protections for water sources, and promised financing to meet the standards.
New documentary looks at life and death of AIM activist

Dec 10, 2024 | aptnnews.ca | Angel Moore

It has been 49 years since the murder of Annie Mae Pictou Aquash. Now, a new documentary takes a look at the life and death of the Mi’kmaq activist from Nova Scotia who moved to Boston in 1962 and was killed in 1975. “Vow of Silence: The assassination of Annie Mae” debuted on the American streaming service Hulu on Dec. 1. The “true crime” docuseries looks at the violent death of Aquash that went unsolved for 30 years. Two people were convicted of her kidnap and murder in 2004 and 2010.
Mi’kmaw mother feds may pull Jordan’s Principle supports

Nov 1, 2024 | aptnnews.ca | Angel Moore

A Mi’kmaw mother living in Nova Scotia says she may lose health supports for her children under the Jordan’s Principle program. Mary Isaac, a single mother of three, has cerebral palsy and requires a wheelchair. She lived independently until she was hit by a car two years ago. when she sustained significant injuries including a broken femur and will require long-term medical treatment with surgeries over the next few years.
Wolastoqey chief ‘ecstatic’ with Liberal win in New Brunswick

Oct 22, 2024 | aptnnews.ca | Angel Moore

The chief of Sitansisk (St. Mary’s First Nation) in New Brunswick says his nation is ready to move on and build a relationship with the new provincial government after Monday night’s decisive win by the Liberals led by Susan Holt. “My reaction was quite ecstatic because I have to lead our nation into a better place than what the previous government was not doing for our people,” Allan Polchies Jr. told APTN News. “It’s exciting for our people.
Mi’kmaw Sen. Paul Prosper releases ‘listening tour’ report

Oct 11, 2024 | aptnnews.ca | Angel Moore

Paul Prosper, a Mi’kmaw senator representing Nova Scotia, has released a report of an eight-month “listening tour” throughout Mi’kma’ki. Appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2023, Prosper said he and his team met with 1,701 people across the region. “Every part of Mi’kma’ki faces the same issues, to varying degrees,” Prosper said in the report called ReconciliAction.
DFO patrol boat rams into Mi'kmaw fishing vessel

Sep 26, 2024 | aptnnews.ca | Angel Moore

A video obtained by APTN News shows the results of a patrol boat with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), ramming and trying to board a Mi’kmaw fishing vessel. The encounter happened off the Saulnierville Wharf, an area where non-Indigenous fishers have used violence and intimidation tactics to stop the Mi’kmaw fishing that is a treaty right. The video shows that the DFO zodiac hits the Mi’kmaw boat and gets partially stuck on the hull. “What’s going on?
Communities across Atlantic Canada march for Steven Dedam

Sep 17, 2024 | aptnnews.ca | Angel Moore

One week after police shot and killed 34-year-old Steven Dedam in his community of Elsipogtog, members of the community organized a walk to show their “disgust” for the RCMP. “Absolutely disgusted with the RCMP you know because it’s this continues, it continues on you now us dying in the hands of them,” said Teagan Copeage, a band councillor in the community. The RCMP said that on that day, two officers went to Dedam’s home after a 911 call regarding a man threatening to harm himself.
Six Indigenous deaths after interacting with police in last 2 weeks

Sep 12, 2024 | aptnnews.ca | Angel Moore |Tiar Wheatle |Leanne Sanders

Amber Joseph says when she arrived on the scene just after her brother Steven Dedam was shot by the RCMP, she was shocked. “When I came in they didn’t have compression on him,” she told APTN News. “He was shot three times. The first thing they did was handcuff him and say he was ‘under arrest.’ “He was shot in the chest.” Dedam, 33, was shot by RCMP officers during a wellness check on Sept. 8 at his home in Elsipogtog First Nation, about an hour north of Moncton, N.B.Community members are outraged.
New Brunswick RCMP investigated after Mi'kmaw woman arrested

Jun 27, 2024 | aptnnews.ca | Angel Moore

Christina Gillis says she was trying to get help for her daughter who, she believed, was in distress. On June 13, the mother called the Western Valley RCMP to request a “wellness check” on her daughter who lived in Richmond Corner, New Brunswick north of Fredericton. “She started to have one of her episodes because she she’s got mental illness and stuff and it was more extreme than usual,” she told APTN News.