APTN News Brief

Daily update on what’s making headlines in Indigenous country across Canada and beyond.

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  1. APTN News Brief: April 10, 2023

    Monday, April 10th 2023

    Our Easter Monday edition of the Brief re-visits stories of the past month, from the Vatican’s repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery to the multiple, inter-locking pressures facing Kenora, ON’s vulnerable unhoused population.

  2. APTN News Brief: April 7, 2023

    Friday, April 7th 2023

    Our lead story: an update on the Winnipeg police investigation into the death of 33-year-old Linda Mary Beardy—the First Nations mother of four whose body was discovered Monday by workers at a city landfill—reports no evidence of homicide.

  3. APTN News Brief: April 6, 2023

    Thursday, April 6th 2023

    Our lead story: grief, shock and anger ripple across Indigenous communities in Manitoba following the news that another First Nations woman’s body was found in a Winnipeg landfill, prompting leaders to demand change as advocates support those struggling. 

  4. APTN News Brief: April 5, 2023

    Wednesday, April 5th 2023

    Our lead story: Winnipeg police reveal that the body of another First Nations woman—33-year-old mother Linda Mary Beardy, originally from the Lake St. Martin area—has been found at a city-area landfill.

  5. APTN News Brief: April 4, 2023

    Tuesday, April 4th 2023

    Our lead story: not two full months after a northern Manitoba reserve’s apartment building went up in flames, Tataskweyak First Nation suffers a fatal house fire Sunday night, taking the life of an unnamed 25-year-old woman.

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