Premier Wab Kinew announced that the opening of the protective care centre will now be sometime in December after the late November opening became impractical. He says the regulations and permits are in place, but healthcare professionals have concerns.

After Indigenous land protectors breached the front doors of the United Nations climate change conference earlier this week, security tightened up. APTN’s Angel Moore reports on why they breached and what it means.

A proposed mine in the Yukon is up for rigorous review and the corporation behind it hopes it shows it has big benefits. However, an impacted First Nation and an environmental group disagrees.

One of the five major projects the Prime Minister announced earlier this week for the nation was a hydro-electric facility northwest of Iqaluit. Nunavut has been working towards this project for 17 years.

Kevin Hart did two terms as AFN Regional Chief for Manitoba and was the first Indigenous inductee into the Football Manitoba Hall of Fame. Now he’s 2025’s Canadian Football League Alumni Association’s Indigenous Community Champion.

24-year-old Terrance Cherry and 43-year-old Una Cherry have now been charged with first degree murder and accessory after the fact for the murder of 21-year-old Mekhi Pelly who was reported missing last month and was later confirmed deceased.

Two potential nation building projects announced in B.C. Thursday by the prime minister continue to divide First Nations in the regions potentially impacted. www.aptnnews.ca?p=279864

Tonight on APTN National News: A second person has been charged in relation to the death of a First Nations man from Grassy Narrows, Ontario. The opening of a controversial detox facility has been delayed in Winnipeg, Manitoba due to concerns.

'The thing that I've really noticed over the past couple of weeks is how much this decision and the outcome of it really is testing the public's commitment to reconciliation.'

Opinion: Indigenous peoples will judge this government not by the names on the ministerial list, but by the cases of justice, self-government, land-back, jurisdiction and economic sovereignty that follow says @veldoncoburn.bsky.social

The Casino Mining Corp. is proposing to build a copper, gold, molybdenum and silver open-pit mine about 300 kilometres northwest of Whitehorse.

Cree writer and actor Todd Houseman talks about his new play, Children of the Bear performing at the Native Earth Performing Arts. The play is inspired by Dungeons and Dragons and follows a Cree family rising above colonial structures.

APTN’s Bruce De La Cruz was given a rare opportunity to see how the Giant Mine Remediation Project is managing arsenic waste from the mine. This includes removing arsenic from contaminated mine water before it reaches Great Slave Lake.

Last week L’Adsiq was held in Montreal. It is Quebec’s version of the Junos and for many Indigenous artists, it was their first nomination at the event.

Today on APTN National News: Canada’s spy service warns that China and Russia have significant interest in the Arctic and are spying on those developing the region’s potential.

Members of the Munduruku Indigenous group led the demonstration that blocked the main entrance.

What does a recent B.C. court ruling on Aboriginal title really mean? On the latest APTN News InFocus we unpack the decision recognizing Cowichan Tribes’ title and why some Richmond residents are worried. Lawyer Kate Gunn helps us sort fact from fiction. Listen: pod.fo/e/352bb6

Lucy Qalingo is the mayor of Puvirnituq, an Inuit village of 2,200 in Nunavik that has been experiencing water infrastructure issues that sometimes leaves residents without running water for weeks at a time. Pipe Dreams: The Water Crisis in Nunavik – Watch the full episode: youtu.be/L8xUSCgZJPM?...

The Carney gov't is proposing six more large-scale infrastructure projects—three of which directly impact Indigenous peoples.  Hear more on APTN News Brief:

Premier Wab Kinew wants to write to the Prime Minister to confront the quote “bigger picture questions” in regards to the announcement of Shawn Lamb’s release. Lamb only served two-thirds of his sentence and is now under supervised release.

First Nations leaders and victim’s family members shared frustrations with the justice system at a protest held about the release of Shawn Lamb. About 100 people showed up against the release.

The Prime Minister has announced six new major projects will be fast tracked through the regulatory process on Thursday afternoon and three of the six directly impacts indigenous communities.

From the statutory release of convicted killer Shawn Lamb to the early departure of Canada’s prison watchdog Ivan Zinger, the federal correctional system is under scrutiny. That’s the focus of this week’s Truth and Politics panel.

Tonight on Nation to Nation, We’re looking at the Prime Minister’s big push on critical minerals and what it means for communities on the ground. Also on Nation to Nation: Nunatsiavut government surprised by G7 announcement on Strange Lake mine.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled a new list of “nation-building projects” that will be fast-tracked through the federal Major Projects Office, highlighting several initiatives led by Indigenous communities or backed by Indigenous partnerships.

Tonight on APTN National News: Prime Minister Mark Carney announces six new projects. Three will impact Indigenous communities directly. Premier Wab Kinew weighs in on statutory release of Shawn Lamb and says he will write to the prime minister about it.

The Quebec Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children who suffered abuse at the hands of Quebec’s youth protection services since 1950. www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...

The federal government says land claims will be respected as it fast-tracks nation-building projects, but one deputy minister says that promise hasn’t been tested. Jim Goudie from the Nunatsiavut Government says Strange Lake isn’t there yet.

LIVE: The prime minister is in Terrace, B.C., announcing "nation-building projects."

In august, the B.C. supreme court ruled the Cowichan Tribes have Aboriginal title over land along the Fraser River in Richmond, B.C. The decision is now being appealed by the city, province, and Musqueam Indian band who also say it’s their territory.

On November 8 Saskatchewan RCMP in the Cut Knife area arrested 40-year-old Robert Noorgard and 27-year-old Caroline Eagleshield after seizing numerous illegal weapons and drug. Noorgard was arrested with 32 charges and Eagleshield was arrested with 47.

World leaders have gathered in Belem, Brazil for the United Nations climate change conference, also known as COP 30. On day two of the event however, Amazonian Indigenous-led land defenders breached the summit saying they were excluded from the talks.

Today on APTN National News: World leaders gathered in Brazil for United Nations climate change conference. However, Amazonian Indigenous-led land defenders say they’ve been excluded from the crucial talks.

Families of the victims of Shawn Lamb say they weren't notified that the killer was being released.  Hear more on APTN News Brief:

Since last week in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, there have been three unrelated and separate cases of missing youth being reported. The police have now turned to the public for help.

On Wednesday morning, news broke about Shawn Lamb receiving a statutory release after being sentenced in 2013 for killing two First Nations women. This was a shock to many, but to also the victims’ families who were not made aware of this.

The Oshki Pimache-O-Win: The Wenjack Education Institute, or Oshki-Wenjack for short, has just announced they will start to offer their own programming thanks to acquired academic accreditation from the Ontario government.

Thursday, November 13, Prime Minister Mark Carney will be making an announcement and for the people of Iqaluit they are expecting part of that announcement to be a new hydro-electric project northwest of Iqaluit.

Dozens gathered for the second time this fall outside of the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa to show support for Kebaowek First Nation in their legal battle against the proposed Chalk River nuclear waste site.

Canada’s correctional investigator is leaving two years before his second term ends and says one of the reasons is the government’s failure to address the gross over-representation of Indigenous people in the federal prison system.

Tonight on APTN National News: Killer of two First Nations women in 2012 is getting a statutory release and it’s a shock to the victim's families. Since last week three separate and unrelated youth have been reported missing in Prince Albert, Sask.

Military members, veterans, community leaders, and civilians huddled together in the cold November air to pay their respects at an Indigenous Veterans Day ceremony.

New digital pilot aims to make it easier to register under the Indian Act www.aptnnews.ca?p=279719

Convicted killer, Shawn Lamb is being released to a transition house after serving part of his sentence in the killings of two First Nations women in Winnipeg. Its location hasn't been released. www.aptnnews.ca?p=279711

Shawn Lamb was sentenced for killing 18-year-old Lorna Blacksmith and 25-year-old Carolyn Sinclair back in 2013. Now, after being imposed upon with numerous conditions by the parole board, Lamb is receiving a statutory release.

Rebecca Thomas is an award winning Mi’kmaw author from Halifax, Nova Scotia who just released a new children’s book titled Sem’s Map. The book highlights the importance of traditional Indigenous place names in today’s world.

The Air Canada Foundation, in partnership with Dreams Take Flight in Montreal, surprised eight Mohawk children and 2 Wendat children from First Nations in Quebec by taking them on a roundtrip to Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

The Anishinabek Nation, a political organization that represents 39 First Nations in Ontario has renewed their state of emergency declaration. They say this is in response to an escalation in their public safety across all 39 nations.

The chief of Eskasoni First Nation in Mi'kma'ki travelled to Ottawa to tell a parliamentary committee that he has concerns about policing in his community. Leroy Denny says non-Indigenous officers don't understand his community.

“Being told I'm not Native and looking in the mirror and going, ‘no, wait a minute.’”