Our lead story: why a Whitehorse women's halfway house that opened just a year-and-a-half ago has now shut its doors—at least for the time being. . . . . . . . . . Interstitial: zapsplat.comDi APTN

Our lead story: the Manitoba government provides an update on the planned search of a private Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two Long Plain First Nation women, among the four linked to a recently convicted serial killer. . . . . . . . . . Interstitial: zapsplat.comDi APTN

Our lead story: families of Black and Indigenous people who’ve died while in police custody—nine fatalities over a 20-day stretch this summer alone—take to Parliament Hill to call for a public inquiry and greater oversight of RCMP and municipal police forces.Di APTN

Our lead story: a recent string of violent incidents hits multiple Manitoba locations, including a woman's murder on Sagkeeng Anicinabe First Nation, the fatal shooting of a man on the Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation, and the non-fatal shooting of a teenager on Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation. .................. Interstitial: zapsplat.com…

Our lead story: reflections on chiefs’ overwhelming rejection of a proposed final settlement agreement on child welfare reform, a 10-year, $47.8B dollar deal trumpeted by AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, with the backing of chiefs in Ontario. . . . . . . . . . . . Interstitial: zapsplat.com…

Our lead story: A passionate, sometimes charged debate at the AFN Special Chiefs Assembly in Calgary precedes Thursday's rejection of a resolution in favour of a $47.8B child welfare reform deal with the Canadian government. . . . . . . . . . . . Interstitial: zapsplat.comDi APTN

Our lead story: a three-day Special Chiefs Assembly begins in Calgary to debate whether to accept or reject a $47.8B draft agreement on long-term reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services Program. . . . . . . . . Interstitial: ZapSplat.comDi APTN

Our lead story: the Saskatchewan Health Authority apologizes after an Elder’s ponytail was cut at a Saskatoon hospital while he was unconscious. . . . . . . . Interstitial: zapsplat.comDi APTN

Our lead story: not long after it amended The Child and Family Services Act of Manitoba, the NDP government unveils its plan to transform the provincial child welfare system, one it claims will keep kids with families and communities, and ensure parental support. . . . . . . . Interstitial: zapsplat.com…

Our lead story: Leaders discuss the First Nations Clean Water Act at a House of Commons committee.

Our lead story: In Ottawa, leaders from the Prince Albert Grand Council press the feds for funding to address healthcare, housing and public safety deficits.Di APTN

Our lead story: with over 50 First Nations now part of a $1.1 billion class action suit against the federal government over access to safe drinking water, the NDP raises the issue Tuesday in the House of Commons.Di APTN

Our lead story: pressed in Question Period by the NDP on “the housing crisis in Indigenous communities,” the Liberal Minister of Public Services and Procurement Jean-Yves Duclos blames the previous Conservative government. . . . . . . Interstitial: zapsplat.comDi APTN

Our lead story: funding for the pilot of a Manitoba-wide ‘red alert system’ is announced on the National Day of Action for MMIWG2S. . . . . . . . . . Interstitial: pixabay.comDi APTN

Our lead story: 72-year-old Clarence Woodhouse’s half-century-long fight to clear his name of a 1974 murder conviction ends with a Manitoba judge formally declaring his innocence. . . . . . . . Interstitial: zapsplat.comDi APTN

Our lead story: asked about calls for a public inquiry into recent First Nations fatalities during encounters with Canadian police, Crown–Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says an investigation is needed. . . . . . . . Interstitial music: ZapSplat.comDi APTN

Our lead story: on Monday’s National Truth and Reconciliation Day, some residential school survivors of the Mohawk Institute hold the feds’ feet to the fire over funds for searches for unmarked graves.Di APTN

On today’s podcast, how some parts of Canada observed the fourth-annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday.Di APTN

Our lead story: tensions return to the waters off southwestern Nova Scotia as Mi'kmaw lobster harvesters and federal fisheries officers collide.Di APTN

Our lead story: the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) releases more details about a fatal Sept. 17 interaction between Blood Tribe member Jon Wells, 42, and several Calgary police officers. . . . . . . . . Interstitial music: ZapSplat.comDi APTN

Our lead story: the family of Ronald Skunk—the Mishkeegogamang First Nation man whose death is now under investigation by Ontario's police watchdog—express concerns about interactions with police and paramedics in Pickle Lake ON three days prior to his death. . . . . . . . Interstitial music: ZapSplat.com…

Our lead story: along with fellow residents of Southbank BC, the parents of 6-year-old Oaklynn Schweder—the shoeless, non-verbal girl who’d gone missing for over three days—are relieved to find her safe and sound Sunday evening. . . . . . Interstitial credit: ZapSplat.comDi APTN

Our lead story: an extensive 4-day search, including RCMP and Canadian Rangers, for 6-year-old Johnson Redhead of Shamattawa Cree Nation in northern Manitoba comes to a tragic end when his remains are located Sunday evening. . . . . SFX: ZapSplat.comDi APTN

Our lead story: advocates discuss the impacts of the sudden pause of the Canada-Manitoba Housing Benefit on youth aging out of care and people at risk of homelessness. . . . . . . SFX source: ZapSplat.comDi APTN

Our lead story: an Indigenous person is confirmed dead upon contact with Canadian police—the seventh such fatality in the last two and a half weeks—Blood Tribe member Jon Wells, 42, following an interaction with Calgary police. . . . . . Sound Effect: Bryan Jesus De Los Santos Breton from PixabayDi APTN

Our lead story: family of an alleged male victim of the late Johannes Rivoire—the Catholic priest charged but never tried for sexual abuse of four children in Nunavut—want RCMP to release their father's records, a call echoed this week in Question Period.Di APTN

Our lead story: Nunavut MP Lori Idlout successfully calls for an emergency debate in the House of Commons Monday evening about the recent deaths of six Indigenous people over 11 days after encounters with law enforcement.Di APTN

Our lead story: the family of 34-year-old Steven "Iggy" Dedam—recently shot and killed by RCMP on Elsipogtog First Nation, and one of six fatal Indigenous encounters with police in Canada since August 29—says he was met with excessive force instead of help by officers.Di APTN

Our lead story: Over the past two weeks, there have been six deaths involving interaction with law enforcement–and all of the deceased are First Nations citizens.Di APTN

Our lead story: Manitobans pay their respect to the late Grand Chief Cathy Merrick.Di APTN

Our lead story: details are released on funeral arrangements and celebration of life events for the recently-deceased Cathy Merrick, the first woman grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.Di APTN

Our lead story: words of condolence from provincial politicians follow Friday’s sudden death of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs leader Cathy Merrick.Di APTN

Our lead story: Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Cathy Merrick dies on Friday after collapsing outside a Winnipeg courthouse.Di APTN

Our lead story: An update on the shooting death of a 15-year-old from the Samson Cree Nation by the RCMP.Di APTN

Our lead story: A protest was held after a First Nations woman was struck and killed by Winnipeg Police Service officers with a vehicle.Di APTN

Our lead story: A fifteen-year-old from the Samson Cree Nation in Alta. is dead after a confrontation with RCMP officers.Di APTN

Our lead story: the chief of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation tells media that cadaver dogs have found "indications of human remains" at the site of the former MacKay Indian Residential School, some 11 kms northwest of The Pas, MB.Di APTN

Our lead story: following this week’s life sentence for Jeremy Skibicki in the homicides of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myron, Rebecca Contois and Muskode Bizihiki'ikwe / Buffalo Woman, Manitoba premier Wab Kinew lauds the actions of the victims’ families.Di APTN

Our lead story: a Manitoba judge sentences serial killer Jeremy Skibicki, the non-Indigenous Winnipeg man who murdered four Indigenous women in 2022, to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.Di APTN

Our lead story: how one of Jeremy Skibicki’s four murder victims—crimes for which he’s set to be sentenced—received her Anishinaabemowin spirit name, Muskode Bizihiki'ikwe, or ‘Buffalo Woman.’Di APTN

Our lead story: ahead of this week’s sentencing of convicted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki, the parents of Ashlee Shingoose—a missing St. Theresa Point Anishininew Nation woman whose DNA was among those found in Skibicki’s Winnipeg apartment—share her story.Di APTN

Our lead story: the province of Manitoba denies responsibility in the death of Krystal Mousseau—the 31-year-old Ebb and Flow First Nation mother who died following an attempted airlift to hospital in May 2021—in its defense against her family’s legal action.Di APTN

Our lead story: amid an ongoing labour dispute, Canada’s Minister of Labour moves to end the national rail shutdown.Di APTN

Our lead story: families at Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation mourn the loss of 18-year-old Keilia Windigo after she was fatally shot at her birthday party Sunday in Wolseley, SK, a shooting that's resulted in multiple charges against another young CTK member.Di APTN

Our lead story: a state of emergency is declared after a series of weekend stabbings on the O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation in northern Manitoba.Di APTN

Our lead story: a northern Manitoba family is shocked to have learned a relative’s remains were actually those of someone else, a mistake the province only discovered after the family had buried the body.Di APTN

Our lead story: following weeks of pushback, the federal government reverses its decision of last month to cap spending at $500,000 for searches for unmarked graves at former residential school sites.Di APTN

Our lead story: the Bunibonibee Cree Nation becomes the fifth Indigenous community in Manitoba to fully evacuate due to wildfires this season—one of 29 First Nations similarly impacted across western Canada.Di APTN

Our lead story: the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in northern Manitoba wants the province to put an end to Métis harvesting in their territory.Di APTN

Our lead story: Millbrook First Nation in Atlantic Canada is but one of a number of stops for AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak as part of the summer’s national chiefs dialogue on long-term child and family welfare reform.