Kathleen Martens

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3 Indigenous women hit the campaign trail

1 week ago | aptnnews.ca | Kathleen Martens

When you’re an Indigenous woman on the campaign trail you pack a lot of stuff. Food for volunteers, tobacco for Elders and, in the case of New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Tania Cameron, beaded orange earrings. “We don’t keep regular hours,” says Rebecca Chartrand, who is running for the Liberals in the massive Churchill—Keewatinook Aski (formerly Churchill) riding in northern Manitoba.
Jerry Daniels of SCO calls meeting for April 15 to discuss treatment

2 weeks ago | aptnnews.ca | Kathleen Martens

The leader of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) in Manitoba, who revealed he has “challenges with alcohol” after an embarrassing incident in Ottawa, has summoned members to a meeting in his community next week, APTN News has learned. Grand Chief Jerry Daniels did not attach an agenda to the “chiefs-in-summit” notice obtained by APTN News that he issued March 27 for the April 15-16 gathering in Long Plain First Nation, located about an hour west of Winnipeg.
Former chief Traverse assaulted at Winnipeg courthouse: lawyer

2 weeks ago | aptnnews.ca | Kathleen Martens

Warning: This story contains details of an alleged sexual assault. The former chief of a First Nation in Manitoba was assaulted on his way into the Winnipeg courthouse Monday morning, a provincial court judge was told. Christopher Traverse was injured and two people were arrested, his lawyer Candace Olson said. Traverse was attending the second day of his two-day child abuse trial.
Former chief Traverse assaulted at Winnipeg courthouse: lawyer

2 weeks ago | aptnnews.ca | Kathleen Martens

Warning: This story contains details of child abuse. The chief of a First Nation in Manitoba was assaulted on his way into the Winnipeg courthouse, a provincial court judge was told Monday morning. Christopher Traverse, of Lake St. Martin, was injured and two people were arrested, his lawyer Candace Olson said. Traverse was attending the second day of his two-day child abuse trial.
Former day school students say Robert Carney was their principal

3 weeks ago | aptnnews.ca | Kathleen Martens

Former students of a federal Indian day school in the Northwest Territories say they remember Robert Carney and his time as principal of the school in the 1960s. Robert was the father of Prime Minister Mark Carney. He died in 2009. “He was my principal, he was great,” said Frieda Martselos, who attended Joseph Burr Tyrell (JBT) school in Fort Smith, a town in the southeastern part of the northern territory near the Alberta border.
Parents of Ashlee Shingoose express relief their daughter identified

4 weeks ago | aptnnews.ca | Kathleen Martens |Tiar Wheatle

Her parents knew. Albert and Theresa Shingoose believed their missing daughter Ashlee Shingoose was Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, before the police did. Albert said they cried tears of joy when the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) confirmed her identity through DNA earlier this week and revealed her remains were in the city’s Brady Road landfill. “My wife and I, we looked at each other, and we cried,” Albert told a news conference in Winnipeg Thursday.
Parents of Ashlee Shingoose express relief their daughter identified

4 weeks ago | aptnnews.ca | Kathleen Martens |Tiar Wheatle

Her parents knew. Albert and Theresa Shingoose believed their missing daughter Ashlee Shingoose was Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, before the police did. Albert said they cried tears of joy when the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) confirmed her identity through DNA earlier this week and revealed her remains were in the Brady Road landfill in Winnipeg. “My wife and I, we looked at each other, and we cried,” Albert told a news conference in Winnipeg Thursday.
Family of Ashlee Shingoose encourages authorities to quickly search Brady landfill

4 weeks ago | aptnnews.ca | Tiar Wheatle |Kathleen Martens

Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe has her name back. The Anishinaabemowin title, meaning Buffalo Woman, belongs to Ashlee Christine Shingoose, the Winnipeg Police Service confirmed at a news conference Wednesday. “Our hearts go out to Albert and Theresa Shingoose – Ashlee’s parents,” said Gene Bowers, chief of the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS). “And all the members of St. Theresa Point First Nation who received this unbearable news.
Independent body approved in 2024

1 month ago | aptnnews.ca | Kathleen Martens

The federal government plans to base its Miscarriage of Justice Review Commission in Winnipeg – the site of several wrongful convictions over the past decades. The most recent exonerations were three First Nations men in Manitoba who each spent 50 years in federal custody (prison and parole). Brian Anderson, Allan Woodhouse and Clarence Woodhouse, all of Pinaymootang First Nation, saw their convictions scrubbed in 2023 for the 1973 murder of a Winnipeg man.
Family of missing Manitoba woman asked for DNA

1 month ago | aptnnews.ca | Kathleen Martens

The family of Leah Keeper, a woman missing from a First Nation in Manitoba, has been asked to submit DNA in what they believe is the search for Buffalo Woman. Marilyn Courchene, aunt of Leah Faye Keeper, said Tuesday the request came from the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS). “It’s scary,” Courchene said in a telephone interview from Sagkeeng First Nation. “We’re in a what-if situation. “What if this means she’s dead? What if she’s Buffalo Woman?”Keeper, 32, was reported missing on Nov. 21, 2023.