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They have the power to swing the vote in 63 “priority districts." The post First Nations voters could decide outcome in 63 ‘priority districts’: AFN appeared first on APTN News.

Indigenous voters marked 236,038 ballots in 2015, up from 160,244 in 2011. The post Record-setting number of Indigenous candidates in 2019 race appeared first on APTN News.

Christopher Read APTN Investigates Nunavut’s housing minister says whichever party forms the next government, the territory’s billion dollar housing problem needs to be addressed sooner The post Living in shacks and under boats – […]

Chris MacIntyre APTN News The 2019 federal election is seeing a good turn out of Indigenous voters in the Yukon, but the fact remains that The post In the Yukon, there are Indigenous voters, but no Indigenous candidates appeared first on APTN News.

Willow Fiddler APTN News Former Nishnawbe Aski Nation deputy grand chief Anna Betty Achneepineskum is hoping her experience navigating the provincial and federal systems will The post Former NAN deputy grand chief taking on Liberal cabinet minister […]

Angel Moore APTN News For 20 years, Cape Breton has been a Liberal stronghold. The Sydney-Victoria riding, which sits on the northern part of Cape The post Will a Mi’kmaw candidate’s past on social media threaten a Liberal stronghold in […]

Our leadership, and our citizens, must take the time to consider whether First Nation participation in the cannabis industry is something that they want to pursue...

Plaintiffs say ancestors were deprived of land or money that was promised by the government through the scrip system in 1886 at Lac La Biche; in 1899 in Fort Chipewyan, Fort McMurray and Athabasca Landing; and in 1906 and 1907 at Ile a la Crosse and […]

Jeremy Dutcher is with the RSO on Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Conexus Arts Centre.