Good evening and welcome to APN national news I’m Savannah Kelly at a media conference in Halifax Nova Scotia on Wednesday the Transportation safety board of Canada released a report on the investigation of the capsizing of the fishing vessel Tha Hawk it happened off the coast of Cape Breton in April 2021
And resulted in the loss of two migma crew members Master of the Tha Hawk Craig sock and 39-year-old crew member Seth Maham did not survive according to transport Canada’s investigation contributing factors included that the snow crab season opened too early and the vessel’s stability was compromised
With the addition of a deck used for snow crab fishing there are three recommendations among them is improved inspections by a qualified person on Boat modifications Kathy Fox chair of the safety board says safety recommendations since 2010 have been sitting on the shelf how many more fish Harvesters have
To die before changes are made fish Harvesters and operators don’t need to wait for the regulator to take action being proactive going Beyond regulatory minimums can save lives I’ve said it before but it Bears repeating safety is a shared responsibility we don’t want to be sitting in this room again again a year
From now or two years from now still talking about the same issues and the deaths that could have been prevented thank you for the third consecutive year the department of fisheries and oceans and four migon nations in Southwestern novas Scotia have renewed an interterm agreement to harvest Lobster to earn a
Moderate livelihood which happens to be in the most lucrative fishing area in the country community members of the four migma First Nations will harvest Lobster and sell their catch under Community developed moderate livelihood fishing plans but the authorized Harvesters will do so with license issued by DFO the
Migma Fishers are expected to drop over 5,000 authorized traps during the commercial fishing season the same number of traps as last year DFO says this will not impact healthy Lobster stocks in Saskatchewan the Prince Albert Grand council is calling for supports from all levels of government to combat
A drug crisis in the city of Prince Albert this follows a report that suggests PA has the highest levels of elcd drugs in its Wastewater in the country as Tamara pimel reports that includes meth according to a statistics Canada study the city of Prince Albert has the highest amounts of cocaine meth and
Amphetam in its Wastewater compared to other cities across the country that’s per capita but the Prince Albert Grant Council says this issue goes beyond statistics it’s proof of an ongoing addictions crisis there just isn’t enough Services certainly we are calling for them there is no medical detox within indigenous programming Joan
Breeland is the director of the Prince Albert Grand Council holistic Wellness Center which provides substance use prevention using cultural practices she says those efforts are challenged by the overwhelming demand yes we have our treatment centers that are full long waight list the demand is so great and there isn’t enough Services of supports
That are there in an email Grand Chief Brian hardlock says the issue is exacerbated by gang activity he States in part while the Prince Albert Police Service is diligently working to counteract the influence of gangs it’s clear that policing alone isn’t enough the Prince Albert gr Council says it
Relies on the city’s detox program which is also running out of space and it calls on governments of all levels to provide more resources everything is just difficult to access and there’s no support we do what we can through prevention one to one and when it’s difficult to cope the reality for some
Individuals is just to escape and we are doing our very best to intervene tamarra pintel ABN National News Winnipeg the province of Saskatchewan says their 2023 2024 budget includes over $500 million for mental health and Addiction Services and more crystal meth treatment programs are being developed in Winnipeg an affordable
Housing building still under construction caught fire earlier this week the seven-story building is owned by op Pasqua cre Nation the block is located downtown near the University of Winnipeg according to Witnesses the fire raged for about an hour before firefighters were able to get control no one was inside the building and there
Are no injuries the $17.4 million project suffered significant fire damage and smoke damage it was meant to be affordable housing for students families and the elderly it was expected to open in the summer of 2024 there’s no word yet from ocn on what they plan to do indigenous leaders are praising
Manitoba Premier wab Cano’s first speech from the throne Manitoba Kuwait Nai o maak Grand Chief Garrison seti said in a statement on Wednesday that he was optimistic With The Changes announced in the speech seti said First Nations in Northern Manitoba welcome the provincial government’s plans to freeze Hydro rates
Lower fuel costs and address Health Care housing and addictions Manitoba mate Federation president David chartran said the throne speech marked a new era of partnership for the MMF and the province one of the highlights of the speech from the throne was the announcement that Louis Riel will be recognized as the first premier
Of Manitoba something chartran says he is advocated for with at least five premieres why did it take an indigenous person to come along and do the right thing to recognize an indigenous premier of this province that’s one of the things that makes me sad that it took
That long 153 years later we’re here correcting historical wrongs and and that that was the sad part for me but the proud part it’s real it’s there another camp cign commitment that was mentioned in the throne speech was making September 30th the national day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory
Holiday in Manitoba something the previous PC government decided against saying there was no consensus among indigenous communities it’s a lot to do with our people and the healing of our people and to uh be able to hear government acknowledge that it’s going to be a statutory holiday means a lot to our
People so Manitoba Premier wab Cano announced a new bill that will recognize matey leader Louis Riel as the honorary first premier of Manitoba Sav jonza has more from the event today Manitoba Premier wob Cano attempts to write 153 year-old wrong it fills me with a great sense of humility
To be able to announce today that our government’s first piece of legislation will honor Lou Riel for what he has always been the first premier of Manitoba the new legislation seeks to recognize Lou Riel as the honorary first premier of Manitoba he led the provisional government that brought the province
Into Confederation with the Manitoba act in 1870 he was then hanged for treason in 1885 for his role in the Red River resistance and Northwest Rebellion and at a very true and fundamental level Lou Riel is the reason that we are manitobans and Louis Riel is the reason
That we as manitobans are also Canadians the bill will ask Educators to teach of Louis riel’s contributions to the province and the reason that we have articulated things in this way is we want to honor Lou riel’s founding role in this province but we also want future generations to understand that he was
Not always respected in this way and that has taken years of a fight on behalf of mate people to see him properly respected and represented for Manitoba matey Federation president David Chartrand irony was not lost that introducing the bill is the province’s first premere of first nation’s descent what did it take
An indigenous Premier to do the right thing to correct the right wrongs of a man that they murdered in this country a great leader that we all admire today it took an indigenous leader to correct that why is that how far we’re still behind regarding how we respect each
Other as different societies minorities the bill still needs to be put to a vote before it can be official president Chartrand has a word of warning for anyone who votes against it forget if you disrespect our leader that founded this province and got murdered in this country that fought for his country that
Died for this country and now if you decide to dishonor him again after waiting 153 years you will have an enemy for the rest of your life I promise you that sa jonza APN National News Winnipeg a documentary about Buffy St Marie’s life and music career has won an international Emmy Award
Buffy St Marie carry it on one in the Arts programming category on Monday night it was directed by Madison Thomas and narrated by St Marie herself last month her indigenous ancestry was challenged in a CBC investigation St Marie denied the accusations before the CBC story aired there were calls for the
Emmy nomination to be rescinded but a statement posted on the website of white pine pictures who co-produced the documentary says it stands behind Buffy and believes she is of Canadian indigenous descent she was always a post on X from the indigenous women’s Collective calls the award a slap in the
Face it states in part pretendian ism is an act of colonial violence and should never be celebrated we need to take a quick break coming up we speak with two young indigenous football players at a football training camp in Alberta who are hoping to make it to the pros one Day welcome back to APN national news the Toronto Raptors teamed up with the city’s Transportation Commission to Showcase indigenous athletes from across the country Tamara pimel reports inab basketball player Emily mandamin is one of eight athletes being featured in The Campaign which celebrates indigenous athletes in Canada
From the iscat was zagan first nation in Northwestern Ontario mamin is enrolled with the Manitoba bison’s basketball program at a young age there’s not a lot of representation to look up to um personally that something that I struggled with finding somebody that I could relate to and finding somebody
That I could talk to or look to for guidance and so I think that’s kind of been the message I’ve been trying to convey as as well as other athletes at a high level um trying to show that we are here and playing high level basketball
And High Level Sports is a thing for us the Raptors partnered with the Toronto Transportation Commission for the campaign buses and street cars throughout the city show photos of indigenous athletes making history in Canada that’s been our whole goal so far as telling our stories and talking about the things that we had
To go through in order to find our place within Sport and wellness sport can be a way of medicine and can be a way of life often times in indigenous communities we find ourselves struggling with substance abuse uh mental health issues poverty I’m a product of that and I struggled a
LS my mental health at a young age but I often found my way at the basketball court you know sport can be a happy Avenue for us in our future tamarra payel APN National News Winnipeg and Emily joins Dennis Ward on next week’s face Toof face so watch out
For that and Alberta based offseason football training program helps young players take the next step in their development abn’s Chris Stewart spoke to two young indigenous players hoping to make it to the pros one day the dome in Red Deer Alberta is home to the Alberta International select
Football program it’s run by former CFL and college players and coaches working with youth across Alberta today’s practice is to prepare for the Pigskins tournament in Los Vegas beginning November 22nd where Scouts will be watching coach Germaine Brown is a former CFL player and director of the select we’re first and foremost allowing
Each kid to get better in their own individual Journey so some of them are just wanting to get better for next season others have big sights and say others I’d say probably 80% of them they all want to go to the next level meaning postsecondary play that’s college or
University and then all of them will have the Big Dreams of obviously someday playing professional football two cre athletes James gladu and Zay Buffalo are here to learn Advanced Techniques to up their game I’m finding it really good I think I’m doing great um I think
Everyone else is doing great I it’s just a good environment and I’m having fun is this the the highest level competition you faced yeah for sure the talent on display here offers players the possibility to move from being good to Great to Elite I am playing with older guys as well so like
The competition is definitely higher and like it’s a bit raised more so you know it’s it’s good because it gets me better and you know and it gets me used to the allaround you know game Z Buffalo plays right tackle he’s looking forward to the tournament in Las
Vegas we going to play this competition this tournament there’s there two teams I think reversing and I’m really really looking forward to it I’m really excited Coach Brown says both athletes have the right stuff Z reminds me a little bit of Troy palalo he looks great with the hair
Coming out of the back of the helmet uh James uh um both of them are very very very aggressive uh they’re tenacious they’re very skilled um we’re just looking a hole what they naturally have James obviously very very gifted running back a receiver and uh one thing I love
About them is that they’re both like they’re just laser focused Chris Stewart APN national news Red Deer Alberta we need to take one more short break but when we come back a look at the 2023 Vancouver indigenous Fashion Week the 2023 Vancouver indigenous Fashion Week kicked off in Vancouver
This week and apn’s Tina house was There tonight it’s all about paying tribute tribute to murder to missing indigenous women and girls at the 2023 Vancouver indigenous Fashion Week with this special red dress performance by butterflies in spirit founded by laurelai Williams we’re not just a dance group either we do a lot of Frontline
Work we are out there supporting families searching for missing and we support the ones who are found the families of the ones who are found deceased as well and it’s really really hard work and I just want to say thank you to anybody who is doing this kind of work
Because it’s hard it’s emotionally draining work and this performance is impactful the ifw is all about the closeth and making a bold statement laureli is wearing this one-of aind red dress made just for this performance the expiration is my family members and my partner family members uh
My grandma my aunt my cousin and my partners Aunt Victor and then of course my dance grp butterflies and spirit it’s a full house at the Queen Elizabeth theater and first up on the runway is gsan fashion designer Yolanda Skelton with her latest collection called flight for Earth with Raven opening up the Show and the more I share my culture the more the people around the world learn about indigenous people and what we’re fighting for when we’re fighting for the water when we’re fighting all of these different things we’re not fighting just for ourselves we’re fighting for everyone and I’m just so grateful to
Have passion as a platform to bring this to into awareness next up was fashion designer ocean Kiana with her collection inspired by her initi na heritage and from Ani Alo was fashion designer T Rumi and her Unique Designs inspired from her inui culture and tradition for Jolene Mitten who created
Vancouver indigenous Fashion Week she is excited by the caliber of talent from indigenous designers and models from across the country we have All My Relations we have another great set of designers for you uh we have um Futures night which DJ shub which we haven’t really promoted yet and then we have the
Spirit of the West Coast and that’s going to be our last night and then we have our Supernatural Kiki ball uh hosted by cem so we have a a funfilled Week the 2023 Vancouver indigenous Fashion Week runs every night until November the 23rd Tina house APN National News Vancouver a temporary skat park in Central Winnipeg is meeting an important need for a city that sees Winter for almost half the year Sav jonesa has more quarter pipes grind rails and cool
Tricks are taking over a once empty department store in a Downtown Winnipeg mall pqu skate park is something skateboarders in the city have been asking for for years we need this in our city our kids and our youth and our skaters need this Amber Clark executive
Director for pqu skate park says it aims to be a place for everyone we have different nights that are geared towards different skill levels different ages you know there’s even BMX night there’s scooter night tell your friends B bring them down we can we have product we have
Completes we have helmets we have BMXs we have all of the things to make this an opportunity for people to learn in this sport events like famous skateboarders dropping by to making medicine pouches are just the tip of the iceberg for the possibilities that the park will bring we want to be getting
Some some more programming going focused on Arts um you know career building the possibilities are endless uh we’re hoping to also have like a women sharing Circle that we’ll be running in tandem with our women in trans skate night on Thursday nights an indigenous Le project Clark says free admission for indigenous
People is one of the many aspects the park has to offer we’re working on making it more indigenous inclusive and having more indigenous people we’re implementing like an uh economic reconciliation policy within our own practices and Indigenous hiring policies within our own practices and you know at the end of
The day this is Turtle Island and this is our indigenous land what other better reason is there for this to be an indigenous park with indigenous people involved in the project the skate park opened up on Matthew Chin’s birthday and he’s been coming here every day since he says
Skateboarding has been an important part of his life it means to me a whole lot cuz it’s definitely contributed to having like a better life kind of like just kind of like a out an out of like the way I grew up personally he thinks it’s terrific that indigenous people
Have a say in what the park becomes it encourages a lot of First Nations people and even just like anybody anybody within our city pretty much like if they need somewhere indoor to go like whether like they’re BMXing skateboarding scootering whatever it is roller roller skating it’s just
It’s a pretty welcoming accepting place and I think like First Nations people do a pretty good job of like accepting people as as they are a temporary pilot project Clark hopes pqu skate park will remain in the community for a long time what I’m looking forward to the most is
Being able to make this place stay here you know I want I want I can see what it’s doing for the community and the more people we can bring in and the more of a safe well-known home that we can make this then I want that to be more
Permanent sa jonesa APN National News Winnipeg and that’s all the time we have for your weekend news but for news anytime visit our website at APN news. CA I’m Savannah Kelly Marcy me witch and thank you for joining us have a great night
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