Why did it take an indigenous person to come along and do the right thing to recognize an indigenous premier of this province indigenous leaders in Manitoba are optimistic after Premier wob canoe’s first speech from the throne how many more fish Harvesters have to die before changes are made a report into the
Capsizing of a fishing vessel that killed two migma fishermen is released we have different nights that figure towards different skill levels different ages you know there’s even BMX night there’s scooter night cool tricks at a new skate park in downtown Winnipeg 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 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 the master of the ti Hawk Craig sock and 39-year-old crew member Seth Mahem 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 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 the FBI says the Rainbow Bridge border crossing has been shut down after a vehicle explosion go Governor Kathy hokel has just announced there is no indication of a terrorist attack information coming from the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center
Indicates one person is in hospital they also say there were fatalities they also say there were fatalities but no confirmation on how many multiple reports are stating two people have been killed the Rainbow Bridge is a popular border crossing from Ontario into New York State the incident
Happened on the American side of the bridge the city of Niagara Falls New York says the incident involved a vehicle trying to enter the the US NDP leader Jag meet Singh says the news of the explosion at the Rainbow Bridge is very disturbing and he expressed condolences to those affected
I want to begin by just expressing my my deep condolences to those impacted those injured potential fatalities the incident that’s happened uh very recently on the Rainbow Bridge The Crossing between Canada and the US I want to thank the First Responders for their work and uh again I want to ensure that
Canada is doing everything we can to provide assistance and support both in the investigation and to those that are impacted indigenous leaders are praising Manitoba Premier wab Cano’s first speech from the throne Manitoba Kuwait naui Oka makanak Grand Chief Garrison seti said in a statement today that he was
Optimistic With The Changes announced in the speech seti said First Nations in Northern Manitoba welcome the provincial government’s plan to freeze Hydro rates lower fuel costs and address Health Care housing and addictions Manitoba M 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 Lou 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 it 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 campaign 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 is 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 in Winnipeg an affordable housing building still under construction caught fire yesterday evening the seven story building is owned by opasquia
Creation the block is located in 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 $1 17.4 million project suffered significant fire 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 Regional dog mushers from around the Eastern Arctic were in a callow this
Week to discuss the future of ke or Inuit sled dogs who are driven to near Extinction in the mid 20th century the kikik Tani Inu Association hosted the conference the second since 2021 from nunik to the high Arctic Inuit dog mushers learned from facilitators and each other on everything from
Looking after their dogs to maintaining their sleds and the proper use of a whip it’s all part of the KY Ki County truth commission’s effort to bring back Inuit dog teams the commission was originally established in 2007 to investigate the impacts of the RCMP Inuit dog Slaughter and other Canadian government policies
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To be more successful at their game we’re first and foremost allowing each kid to get better in their own individual Journey welcome back to ABN national news an 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 selects 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 Las 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 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 sites and say
Others I’d say probably 80% of them they all want to go to the next level meaning post secondary 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 of 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 competition is definitely higher and like it’s a bit raised more so you know it’s it’s good cuz it gets me better
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 through 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 Ray reminds me a little bit of Troy palalo he looks great with the hair coming out of the back of the helmet uh James um both of them are very very very aggressive uh they’re tenacious they’re
Very skilled um we’re just looking to hone 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 they’re just laser focused Chris Stewart aptn national news Red Deer Alberta the 202 23 Vancouver indigenous
Fashion Week kicked off in Vancouver and apn’s Tina house was there tonight it’s all about paying tribute to murdered a missing indigenous women and girls at the 2023 Vancouver indigenous Fashion Week with this special red dress performance by butterflies and spirit founded by laurelai Williams we’re not just 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 and deceased as well and it’s really really hard work and I just want to say thank you to
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 clothes and making a bold statement laureli is wearing this one-of-a-kind red dress made just for this performance uh the inspiration is my family members and my partner family members my grandma my aunt my cousin and my partners Aunt Victoria and then of course my dance
Group 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 then 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 Heritage and from anui 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’s 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 be the 2023 Vancouver indigenous Fashion Week runs every night until November the 23rd Tina house APN National News Vancouver residents of a remote
Community in the Western Australian goldfields hold grave fears for the future of their home located next to one of the world’s biggest gold mines at Cal gur the community says poor living conditions are driving people away here’s a report from our friends at National indigenous television in the
Shadow of the super pit one of the world’s largest open cut gold mines lies the Ning Village founded in 1983 more than 200 people used to live here but many have left due to poor housing and maintenance most of the houses here got um no water and po just
Goes out and there nobody comes out to check nothing and this there’s a big hall building here that I’m sitting next to the power went out there for for a good month Miss Stoke says only about 50 people are left in the community they want people to move out we’re just going
To hopefully stay as long as we can you know try and put up a fight cuz this at the end of the day is a traditional um Land This Is Our Land Aben land she says rubbish disposal services and streight lights no longer operate the wa government says it’s working hard to
Improve housing at ninga but like many Regional areas the ability to deliver quality And Timely Services is impacted by retention and attraction of skilled workers particularly for trades Law Firm Slater in Gordon says it launched a Statewide investigation into conditions in remote communities ahead of a possible class action against the state
Government these are issues that simply wouldn’t be acceptable in the cities and they wouldn’t be acceptable in white Australia and yet for some reason in remote ational communities it’s the norm and it’s accepted um and that’s been going on for too long traditional owners fear if they leave ning Maya a
Significant cultural area could come under Threat by the mine this area used to be a traditional um ceremoni and ground and um um people used to come and meet here from old different groups and um that’s what’s going to happen if we might most probably going to be one of
Those people where the super pit will take over a ceremony Grand a community fighting for its future Karen Cox nitv news we need to take one more quick break coming up some great indigenous films are being featured at this year’s Whistler Film Festival welcome back time now for our photo of
The day James Moore wanted us to know that one of his neighbors in Winnipeg Manitoba is getting ready for the Christmas season as decorations begin to pop up around the country be sure to take a photo you can then send that photo to share at apnc for the chance to
Be our next photo of the day now let’s take a look at tomorrow’s weather forecast starting off on the east coast 6° in frederickton sunny and 2 de in St John’s main snowy 0 de kujak Sunny – 9 Valor snowy thereus 2 shibuku -4 petersboro 5° there North Bay snowy and
2° capus casing – 11 snowy there thunder bay Sunshine – 8 Thompson – 10 in sunshine Pucket to wagen Sunny there as well Brandon – 9 in sunshine dolphin – 7 Regina Sunshine – 10 North Battleford – 7 Stony rapid Sunshine -6 Buffalo Narrows – 8 to Northern Alberta – 11 and sunshine
In high level Fort McMurray – 7 cgre snowy 0° there Edmonton plus one bellula 3° there Campbell River sunshine in five Fort Nelson rainy minus 9 Prince George Sunshine 0° Beaver Creek -6 Sunshine there snowy andus 99 in mayo watti -3 mix of sun and Cloud Ford Simpson
-1 polch Sunshine – 8 Fort Fort mcferson snowy – 3 Baker Lake snowy there -14 arvet -1 Arctic B Sunshine – 19 there and – 28 in Resolute movie goers can expect to see more indigenous films at this year’s Whistler Film Festival inperson viewings go from November 29th to December 3rd
2023 in Whistler British Columbia with online screenings available from December 4th to 17th from Oscar contenders to new breakthrough Canadian features there ‘s nearly 100 films to be seen more than half of the movies are directed by women and that’s an all-time high for Whistler and there are indigenous stories such as
Atiek Suns directed by Khloe Lish 500 Days in the Wild by Diane Wellen and finality of dusk featuring indigenous and deaf actors finality of dusk is co-written and directed by alumni of the festival’s indigenous filmmaker fellowship program Madison Thomas and Katarina zir Vogal a temporary skate park in Central
Winnipeg is meeting an important need for a city that sees Winter for almost half the year Sav jonza 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 piquay 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 their scooter night tell your friends B bring them down we can we have product we have completes we have helmets we have bms’s 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’s
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 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 encourages a lot of first nation’s 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 apan National News Winnipeg and that’s all the time we have for your midweek news but for new anytime visit our website at ABN news.ca I’m Savannah Kelly Marcy me gtch and
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