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Budget 2013: Everyone has their wish list ready

APTN National News The federal budget comes down Thursday. It’s the day when organizations across the country find out whether they’ll be getting cash from the feds. Just about everyone has their wish...

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Harper giving First Nations “the back of his hand” by linking welfare...

APTN National News OTTAWA–Prime Minister Stephen Harper is giving First Nations “the back of his hand” by introducing a program linking welfare payments to job training, says Opposition Leader Thomas...

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Idle No More confronts Aboriginal Affairs minister

APTN National News Tempers flared as Idle No More protesters confronted Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt at a media conference in Winnipeg Wednesday. Valcourt was in town to talk about new...

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Human rights tribunal into First Nations discrimination underway again

APTN National News A human rights case is once again underway on whether Canada discriminates against First Nations children. The complaint against the federal government alleges it underfunds First...

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Raymond Robinson to begin second hunger strike

APTN National News You may remember his name. Raymond Robinson is back in Ottawa and for the same reasons. Robinson ended his fast with Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence in January after...

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Aboriginal Affairs Minister Valcourt meeting with hunger-striking Elder...

(Elder Raymond Robinson. APTN/File Photo) APTN National News OTTAWA–Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt is scheduled to meet with hunger-striking Manitoba Elder Raymond Robinson on Friday in...

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Man charged in the Aamjiwnaang blockade looks to turn tables on judge

By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News A man charged with defying a judge’s order to shutdown the Aamjiwnaang First Nation rail blockade in the throes of Idle No More movement is considering filing a...

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Justin Trudeau and what he means for Aboriginal peoples

APTN National News It was Justin Trudeau’s first day on the job Monday. As the leader of the Liberal party anyway. Trudeau won the Liberal leadership over the weekend. Many see him as the saviour of a...

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Harper needs to meet TRC to avoid First Nations uprise: Commissioner

APTN National News A Truth and Reconciliation Commission commissioner says the federal government’s legislation is counterproductive. Chief Wilton Littlechild says there needs to be a meeting between...

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Murder at God’s Lake renews call for public inquiry into missing and murdered...

By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News Leah Anderson was on her way to go skating at the arena in God’s Lake Narrows First Nation when she vanished in January. Two days later her disfigured body was...

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Courts asked to force immediate hearing into Tyendinaga’s water issues

By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News The mother of a child who died of leukemia last year in Tyendinaga has asked a court to order an injunction to force an immediate hearing to determine whether the...

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American Lakota woman accuses border guards of racial profiling after they...

By Kenneth Jackson APTN National News An American Indian woman is accusing border guards in Saskatoon of racial profiling after she was stopped while entering Canada and asked her heritage and if she...

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Labrador voters head to the polls next week

APTN National News In less than a week Labrador voters will go to the polls, again. The by-election was called after former Conservative cabinet minister Peter Penashue quit. Elections Canada found...

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Senator Brazeau told to pay back $48,000 in housing expenses

APTN National News OTTAWA–Algonquin Senator Patrick Brazeau has been told to pay back at least $48,000 following an audit into his claimed living expenses. The Senate committee on internal economy...

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Mother of sick First Nations boy challenges Harper to show face in court

By Tim Fontaine APTN National News Maurina Beadle is as defiant as ever. “I’m not afraid,” said Beadle. “I’m not afraid to go back into the courthouse again.” It’s something she may have to do to...

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Protestors clash with Harper’s security and police in Winnipeg

APTN National News Prime Minister Stephen Harper went to Winnipeg to participate in a round-table discussion on cyberbullying last week. But some claimed the worst bullying was going on at a Winnipeg...

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Labrador voters go to the polls today

APTN National News Voters go to the polls today in Labrador. The place has election fever with candidate signs up all over. Voters will decide who will be their Member of Parliament after Prime...

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Feds seek to delay human rights tribunal until fall

APTN National News It was supposed to be a full two week of testimony at the Canada Human Rights Tribunal hearing a complaint that the federal government under funds First Nations children. But after...

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Feds told to stop spying on Cindy Blackstock

APTN National News The Privacy Commissioner has ordered the federal government to stop monitoring Cindy Blackstock. Blackstock is the well known First Nations child advocate who launched a human...

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A grandson reflects on Harper’s Indian residential school apology and the day...

By Jorge Barrera APTN National News It was late fall in 2005 when Alma Jane Bruyere appeared at the door of her grandson’s house in Fort Frances, Ont., carrying in her left hand a lawyer’s letter...

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