Exploring Theme: "Legislative and Institutional Issues"

By Rick Garrick NationTalk: Anishinabeknews.ca R- ED ROCK INDIAN BAND – Red Rock Indian Band held a peaceful protest on Oct. 21 at the Nipigon River Bridge and Highways 11 and 17 intersection over their hindered search for Indigenous Ancestors that were uncovered at a Parks Canada construction site in May and displaced throughout Nipigon. Carbon dating...

APTN reporter Kenneth Jackson operates the boat last used by two Mohawk fishermen when they drowned nine years ago. APTN tested the boat in various ways to challenge the police theory of how the men may have drowned.  APTN News: An investigation by APTN has shed new light on the deaths of two Mohawk fishermen...

Inquests and inquiries into the deaths of vulnerable First Nations people, including women and girls, repeatedly emphasized that recognizing First Nations jurisdiction is essential for keeping people safe. By Laurie Carr Contributor The Toronto Star: Lately, our neighbouring communities have been making headlines for all the wrong reasons: overdoses, homelessness and crime. While we have been...

By Kenneth JacksonJul 05, 2023  OPP say it’s launched two internal reviews APTN News: Police cellblock video recently obtained by APTN News shows an Ontario Provincial Police officer repeatedly punching a Métis man in the head while in a jail cell as two other officers look on. The incident happened more than a year ago in...

NationTalk – 24 civil society groups attending the third ever meeting of Federal, Provincial, Territory Ministers responsible for human rights “condemned the obstructive attitude of some governments” in advancing international human rights obligations. Groups had pressed governments to commit to nation-wide law reform that will legally require governments to adopt a collaborative, accountable, consistent, transparent,...

Ottawa Citizen – Cuts to Legal Aid Ontario are “mean-spirited” and will push the province closer to a two-tiered legal system, where Indigenous people, the poor and refugees will be at an even greater disadvantage, Ottawa lawyers warn....

The provincial government is cutting funding to Legal Aid Ontario by 30% that negatively impacts the Indigenous population who are one of the most disadvantaged and impoverished in Ontario and one of the most over-represented in the criminal justice system....