'We're not betraying anybody. We're just coming into this strategically and with our own conditions' says Peter Ittinuar. Story by Emma Honeybun.

Years away from construction, however a high-speed rail line connecting Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto has been proposed and deemed a national interest.

16-year-old Nicholas Robinson and his mother from Pimicikamak Cree Nation were staying at a hotel in Winnipeg where Nicholas was recovering from a recent surgery. However, they were mistreated and evicted from the hotel by staff and security.

In September of 2024 in Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba, 26-year-old Tyrone Simard went on a mass stabbing and crashed a vehicle into an RCMP cruiser where he was pronounced dead. Manitoba’s IIU has determined Simard was the cause of his own death.

Day three of the ongoing Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse comes to a close and we have your latest medal count for the team’s competing.

There are five Dene events being held at this year’s Arctic Winter Games and one of them is the snow snake event. APTN reporter Sara Connors speaks with some of the athletes to hear all about it.

Picture of the day today comes from Jason Courchene displaying his walleye catch for this walleye Wednesday!

Idlout's floor crossing brings Liberals one step closer to killing amendments in S-2 that end the second generation cut off. www.aptnnews.ca?p=285090

A court ruling in B.C. has some homeowners worried. The Cowichan Tribe won a landmark decision recognizing Aboriginal Title to land owned by the Crown and the City of Richmond. What does it actually mean for people living there? APTN News: Answers breaks it down – Watch: youtu.be/KHBIlBOe2Yo

Tonight on APTN National News: Proposed high-speed rail service connecting Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto deemed national interest. The delegation of chiefs from Treaty 6 had their meeting with King Charles III earlier today.

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout has crossed the floor from the NDP to the governing Liberal Party. See the NDP's response and how this moves Prime Minister Mark Carney closer to a majority, tonight on APTN National News. Watch live: www.youtube.com/@aptnnews

It’s that time of year again as our Cree commentators gear up to return to APTN for another 3 games of Hockey Night in Canada in Cree. Puck drops for the first game this Saturday, March 14th.

Day three is underway at the 2026 Arctic Winter Games and we have your update on how the teams are doing with their medal count.

Friendships fostering at the Arctic Winter Games as APTN reporter Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs catches up with the young athletes aiming true and calling shots on the archery range at this year’s games.

Last week a video went viral of a security guard and man fighting at a Dollarama in downtown Winnipeg. The security guard was arrested, however the 46-year-old man involved now faces new charges for another incident with a hotel security guard.

Manitoba RCMP has renewed calls to the public for help locating missing Lorlene Bone, who was last heard from in the Sapoteweyak Cree Nation in North-western Manitoba ten years ago.

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout has left the NDP to join governing Liberal Party making her the first NDP member to do so, but the third MP of an opposition party to join in the last few months. This makes the Liberal Party two seats shy of holding the majority.

'It's hard to comprehend how that is a place of law where people decide what's best for the average Albertan,” Sunshine tells APTN News in an interview.'

Innu poet Joséphine Bacon cannot recall the first time she wrote a poem. But she tells Face to Face how words scribbled on cigarette wrappers led to the powerful work that made her a celebrated poet: youtu.be/v58u_1aYyiQ

Some homeowners in B.C. are concerned after the Cowichan Tribe won a landmark court decision granting them Aboriginal Title to land currently owned by the Crown and City of Richmond. APTN News: Answers looks into what the court decision actually means.

Today on APTN National News: Nunavut MP Lori Idlout has left the NDP to join the governing Liberal Party making the party two seats shy of having the majority.

LIVE: Chief David Monias, Pimicikamak councillors and family members speak out after a youth recovering from hospital care was removed from a Winnipeg hotel due to an administrative delay.

Lorlene Bone was last seen in Sapoteweyak Cree Nation in north-western Manitoba on Feb. 29, 2016. Story by Creeson Agecoutay.

The police watchdog in Manitoba has cleared two Winnipeg police officers in the death of Elias Whitehead. Hear more on APTN News Brief:

Idlout has represented the NDP in Nunavut since 2021.

Here is your updated look at this year’s Arctic Winter Games medal count at the end of day two.

Young athletes are being tested on strength, stamina and technique through many Dene games and Arctic sports at the Arctic Winter Games happening this week and APTN’s Whitehorse reporter Sara Connors was able to chat with a few about the games.

The Magic Palace Casino launched a lawsuit against the Kahnawake Gaming Commission after their license was suspended in 2024. The Quebec Superior Court has since ruled that the commission did not have the authority to do so.

Seven chiefs from Treaty 6 have left to fly across the pond to have a personal meeting with King Charles III. They will be hand-delivering a hand-made formal invitation to the monarch to join Treaty 6 at their 150th commemoration later this year.

Through her poetry, Joséphine Bacon carries the voices of her elders and the stories of the land. She joins Kim Sullivan to talk all about it on this week's new episode of Face to Face.

The Assembly of First Nations began discussions with the Vatican about recovering Indigenous artifacts and bringing them home since 2022. Five of those artifacts have officially been unveiled in Gatineau, Quebec this week.

Picture of the day today is brought to you by Sav Jonsa who captured a stunning photo of the Kenora skyline in Ontario. Don't fret, warmer weather is on the way!

As day 2 of the Arctic Winter Games comes to a close, the air around the games in Whitehorse is electric. We bring you highlights of the athletes giving it their all to earn their spot on the podium.

Manitoba's police watchdog is not recommending charges against two officers who punched a suspect dozens of times during an arrest that was captured on video by witnesses.

A 46 year-old man who was at the centre of a fight with a security guard at a downtown Winnipeg Dollarama is facing new charges, APTN News has learned. Story by Dennis Ward.

Tonight on APTN National News: Five of the artifacts recovered from the Vatican have been unveiled in Gatineau, Quebec. The Treaty 6 chiefs set to meet with King Charles III want to personally invite him to the 150th commemoration of Treaty 6.

A big draw at the Arctic Winter Games are the Dene games and at this year’s stick pull event, our very own Sara Connors caught up Council of Yukon First Nations’ Grand Chief Math’ieya Alatini to talk about the games.

After the first full day of competition, we keep you up to date on the latest medal count at this year’s Arctic Winter Games.

One of the biggest stages to compete on for young athletes in the north are the Arctic Winter Games, but not all youth were able to train the same way, especially when it came to being on the ice.

35-year-old Anthony Tran has been charged after a three-month investigation into high-level drug trafficking led to the Manitoba RCMP seizing $1.5 million in illicit drugs and cash.

A 46-year-old man in Winnipeg has been arrested after he was asked to leave a hotel entry way downtown and instead allegedly pulled out a knife and threatened to kill the security guard there. Police later located the man and took him into custody.

A man has died following a police shooting in Kenora, Ontario earlier this week and at this time Ontario Provincial Police will not provide further information and Special Investigations Unit has not yet confirmed an investigation.

In September of 2024, 34-year-old Joey Desjarlais died after an incident with Saskatchewan RCMP. Now, the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team has cleared an RCMP officer of any wrongdoing in the death of Desjarlais.

Today on APTN National News: Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response team has cleared an RCMP officer of any wrongdoing in the fatality of 34-year-old Joey Desjarlais from 2024.

A look inside Operation Nanook – a military training exercise that promotes Canada’s Arctic defence capabilities. APTN’s Charlotte Morrit-Jacobs travelled to a remote military camp and joins Cierra Bettens on APTN News InFocus to talk about what she saw. Listen: pod.fo/e/39eb0e

Through her poems about the land, Innu poet Joséphine Bacon has become a leading voice in contemporary Indigenous literature. Tonight on Face to Face, she reflects on how the COVID pandemic brought Indigenous youth back to the land.

Two people are dead after a manhunt in a small northern Ontario town that left residents under lockdown. Hear more on APTN News Brief:

Over a dozen First Nations chiefs, band councilors and elders were at Alberta's legislature Monday, to call on Premier Danielle Smith's government to stomp out the push for Alberta to quit Canada.

Several chiefs from Treaty 6 are on their way to the United Kingdom for a private audience with King Charles this week.

Last week, the northern community of Atikokan in Ontario went into lockdown as police searched for two possible suspects following reported gunshots. They found one suspect deceased and took the other into custody.