APTN News Brief
By APTN
Daily update on what's making headlines in Indigenous country across Canada and beyond.
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APTN News Brief: May 8, 2024
Our lead story: our extensive coverage of Red Dress Day events—an annual day forefronting systemic injustice against missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQI+ people—features gatherings in Yellowknife, N.W.T. and Saskatchewan. -
APTN News Brief: May 7, 2024
Our lead story: a high-profile Manitoba murder trial takes a twist when accused serial killer Jeremy Skibicki changes his plea from not guilty to an admission that he did kill four women believed to be Indigenous. -
APTN News Brief: May 6, 2024
Our lead story: a Manitoba judge opts to stick with a jury for the multiple murder trial of Jeremy Skibicki, charged with killing four Indigenous women in the spring of 2022—Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and the as yet unidentified..… -
APTN News Brief: May 3, 2024
Our lead story: the search of a Saskatoon landfill continues for clues related to the whereabouts of missing Métis woman Mackenzie Trottier, an effort much appreciated by Métis Nation–Saskatchewan. -
APTN News Brief: May 2, 2024
Our lead story: the third day of pre-trial proceedings in the Jeremy Skibicki case in Winnipeg is much like the first two, with the defence trying to get the judge to toss the jury due to alleged bias. -
APTN News Brief: May 1, 2024
Our lead story: day two of pre-trial proceedings against Jeremy Skibicki—the man accused of the 2022 murders of Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and the as-yet-unidentified Buffalo Woman—features a constitutional challenge of a... -
APTN News Brief: April 30, 2024
Our lead story: pre-trial proceedings begin in a Winnipeg courtroom as suspected serial killer Jeremy Skibicki faces four counts of first-degree murder in the 2022 deaths of four Indigenous women. -
APTN News Brief: April 29, 2024
Our lead story: a Tuscarora family from Six Nations living in St. Catharines, ON is frustrated with the way police have handled their brother’s missing persons report and the investigation into his death. -
APTN News Brief: April 26, 2024
Our lead story: Manitoba RCMP announce charges against Leon Paul Mercredi, the man suspected of the September 2021 double homicide of Brent Denechezhe and Leona Tssessaze at their home on Northlands Denesuline First Nation in northern Manitoba. -
APTN News Brief: April 25, 2024
Our lead story: the BC Prosecution Service announces that three RCMP officers won't face charges in the July 2021 shooting death of Wet'suwet'en father of two Jared Lowndes.