APTN News Brief Podcast
1) Dec. 11, 2025—Sipekne'katik First Nation bans Nova Scotia premier, cabinet ministers, from their lands
Our lead story: citing a variety of issues, the chief and council of Sipekne'katik First Nation vote to ban the premier of Nova Scotia from their lands, along with two of his cabinet ministers.
2) Dec. 10, 2025—Century-old kayak among repatriated Inuit items newly unveiled to public
Our lead story: Inuit artifacts over a hundred years old—included a hand-crafted, sealskin kayak—are newly unveiled to the public at the Canadian Museum of History shortly after their repatriation fro...Show More
3) Dec. 9, 2025—Dozens of Indigenous artifacts long held by Vatican begin journey home
Our lead story: held overseas for over a century, dozens of items belonging to Indigenous peoples in Canada began their repatriation from the Vatican over the weekend. >Interstitial: zapsplat.com
4) Dec. 8, 2025—Concern for Saskatoon's growing unhoused population as temps drop
Our lead story: as colder weather sets in across the Prairies, concern mounts in Saskatoon over a growing number of people without stable housing, some of them from First Nations north of the city.
5) Dec. 5, 2025—AFN meeting wraps up discussing major projects, First Nations infrastructure gap
Our lead story: as the Assembly of First Nations winter meeting wraps up in Ottawa, a panel discussion on economic partnerships features chiefs and federal cabinet ministers.
6) Dec. 4, 2025—Ontario chiefs sceptical of federal promise of clean water legislation
Our lead story: at a press conference on Parliament Hill, some Ontario chiefs express scepticism about renewed federal promises of clean water legislation for First Nations.
7) Dec. 3, 2025—Feds/Alberta pipeline MOU does not go over well at AFN meeting
Our lead story: at day one of the Assembly of First Nations winter meeting in Ottawa, last week's federal/Alberta tar sands pipeline MOU does not go over well with chiefs on the floor.
8) Dec. 2, 2025—Three years after her murder, landfill search for Ashlee Shingoose's remains begins
Our lead story: the search of a Winnipeg-area landfill begins for the remains of 30-year-old mother of three Ashlee Shingoose—one of four First Nations women murdered over three years ago by a now-con...Show More
9) Dec. 1, 2025—Ross River Dena Council opposes $4B Yukon–BC Grid Connect proposal
Our featured story: the Ross River Dena Council speaks out against the proposed $4 billion 'Yukon–British Columbia Grid Connect' project, touted by the Carney government as one of its initial "nation-...Show More
10) 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 there s...Show More