APTN National News July 3, 2024 – Body found in North Sask. River, GPR search findings revealed

e e e e e I've had over 15 different people telling me asking me if it's their sister or their daughter or their niece a loved one tonight how one family search for their loved one resulted in the discovery of a body in the North Saskatchewan River for us it's uh it's quite shocking to to to hear that many if you wonder how many missing children are there humac cre nation in Northern Manitoba has completed their ground search at a former residential School site we'll tell you the results and that's where we are most concerned right now is um about groundwater and a first nation in the Yukon wants to Halt mining in the area to save the [Music] environment good evening I'm Chris a welcome to APN national news thank you for joining us the family of a man missing who went missing in Edmonton over a year ago never stopped looking for him and in a surprising discovery they found a body this past Friday with the help of a anishnabe Tracker but as apn's Chris Stewart reports it was not who they were looking for Elizabeth Bard and her father Leon larier have been looking for their 42-year-old brother and Son Barry Bedard since he disappeared somewhere in emont in May of 2023 according to them Barry had made the wrong friends and they say they were told by Emon City police that Barry had died but his body had not been found so they got a hold of Maka bear a well-known people tracker with roots in the white dog First Nation near canora Ontario a week ago Maka bear began looking for Barry Bard's body in emont the search led to the North Saskatchewan River which runs through the city Maka and Elizabeth's husband found a body in the River Alberta RCMP confirmed a body was found last Friday afternoon an OB Y is underway at first the Searchers thought the body was a woman I've had over 15 different people telling me asking me if it's their sister or their daughter or their niece a loved one I've had over 15 people messaging me about their loved ones missing and nothing has been shared with the media or anything about this body the body was decomposed but not a year old now they aren't sure if it is a man or a woman Maka had to leave the search early due to a family emergency but Barry Bard's father Leon says he's grateful for finding this body because it will help the family of whoever it is I don't hold out any hope but I know that these guys are good at what they do he's given me actually he's given me a lot of Hope cuz I believe now when he comes back he says he ain't going to stop until he finds him Leon and Elizabeth are holding out hope that the tracker will find Barry's body when he resumes his search in October Chris Stewart APN National News Edmonton today the pikac Cree Nation revealed the findings from their 2-year investigation of the St Joseph residential school the ground penetrating radar search found what could be unmark Graves reporter s Sierra bettens has more 3 years after commencing an investigation of the St Joseph residential school grounds the Pima M Nation shared the findings with the public at a press conference the investigation led by pimac and the Saskatoon based company axium began in 2021 and concluded in 2023 the team used ground penetrating radar to search for unmarked Graves Chief David monus said the team's first task was to discover what the graves look like from there they discovered anomalies in the ground that could signal unmarked burial sites a total of 187 and for us it's uh it's quite shocking to to to hear that many cuz you wonder how many missing children are there how many children were actually uh going to school and we had to not only search the ground but we also have to search search uh documents and try to find out where these children went to school the institution also known as a Cross Lake Indian residential school opened in 1912 operating as a main Catholic residential school in Northern Manitoba until its closure in 1969 it was run by the oblates of Mary Immaculate through the arch dicese of kiten pimc member Sandy Robinson said about 1,240 students from 24 Northern Communities walked through the doors of the St Joseph's residential school in Cross Lake um between 1912 and 1969 84 children died in in in the system uh St Joseph's U either through accidents uh illnesses and other other situations and there was a fire here in 1930 in which uh 12 students perished 11 11 of them were girls and one was a boy all under 12 years old Chief monus says the communities will conduct ceremonies to honor the children he also called for the international commission for missing persons to be a part of the searches Sierra betons APN National News Winnipeg if you are disturbed by this story the national Indian residential school crisis line is available for survivors and others who might need support that number is 1866 925 4419 this coming September 30th will be the first time people in Manitoba will have the day off to Mark the national day for Truth and Reconciliation also known as orange shirt day making it a statutory holiday in Manitoba was one of the first pieces of legislation enacted by the NDP government under Premier wab Cano now the province is providing hundreds of thousands of dollars in Grants to support events and activities that encourage manitobans to reflect on the impacts of the residential school system Premier canu announced $800,000 today to establish the orange shirt day fund it will provide one-time grant funding this year for projects and initiatives that Advance Truth and Reconciliation by raising awareness of orange shirt day and create opportunities for manlin to come together in observation reflection and commemoration canu says he wants every child and family in Manitoba to have the opportunity to reflect on the legacy of residential schools the children who didn't come home and the profound impacts of that trauma on families that still exists today the deadline to apply for that funding is August 1st 2024 it's been a little over a week since a mine in central Yukon experience what could be a major environmental disaster now a First Nation Loc located nearby is calling for all mining on its traditional territory to be halted and for an independent investigation into the incident APN Sarah Connors reports on June 24th a heap Leach failure a process that uses cyanide to extract gold from layers of ore caused a landslide at the Eagle mine near Mayo Yukon the nacho niakan first nation in mayo has major concerns about cyanide contamination caused by the slide there's a lot of things that we're not seeing that we don't have understandings of in the Yukon including groundwater systems and that's where we are most concerned right now is um about groundwater a week and a half later after the slide government officials still don't have many answers about contamination Chief hope says the government isn't acting fast enough there's not as much action or response to the as we would like now the first nation of Nacho niakan is taking matters into its own hands on Wednesday it asked that all mining activity in its traditional territory be halted until the slide damage can be better understood the first nation is also asking for an urgent independent investigation and review of the incident a complete and indent independent evaluation is crucial um to understand the environmental and health impacts of the this most recent event um plus we need to evaluate the cumulative effects of all the events that have happened just at that site Chief hope says the incident which she calls a mining catastrophe is a wakeup call for the territory concerning Antiquated mining legislation the Yukon is the last open Frontier for mining um I know that there is a lot of mining entities that are that that expect that we have higher standards in the Yukon a Yukon government spokesperson says it's committed to working with the First Nation government officials plan to hold a technical briefing on Thursday to discuss groundwater sampling results from the mine Sarah Connor APN national news White Horse as the city continues to grow a controversial future suburb in ottawa's southeast end is once again raising concerns it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to service the tawin development and some residents and counselors say the costs just don't add up here's ctv's Lea lack Lena trebi could one day have a lot more Neighbors in carlbad Springs we're the best kept secret in Ottawa out here and says the taywin project doesn't belong here hate it hate it everything about it hate the idea the future suburb will be located in the city's Southeast end and is expected to house 45,000 new residents a project between the Algonquin of Ontario and developer tager development has to happen I'm surprised it didn't get developed out here years ago but it's way outside the urban boundary and close to 59 million will be spent on servicing the area like pipes and water taxpayers could be on the hook for about 160 million a statement on behalf of the twin ownership group says that they are tackling ottawa's housing crisis head-on the statement also says that tawin will cover the cost of its own essential services including sewage water Transit and roads I was not a member of city council last term when the decision was made uh we need to move forward and focus on building more homes um uh throughout the city not just at that one site but everywhere on top of the cost and location there are questions about three senior City staff members whose salaries are being paid by tawin the city says there is no conflict of interest but some counselors say something doesn't smell right just feels like what we have here is a developer and a group of land owners who are paying for access to staff possibly in order to expedite the approval and the process and planning for a project that many people already have concerns over and I'm just I'm worried about that really but for some residents they say the entire area will change and are considering moving traffic and the noise everything else it's it's not what we signed up for what I love about this place is going to you know change and I don't see a reason staying here in the long term Lea laac CTV News we're always looking for your feedback or story ideas here's how you can reach us if you have a story you want to share or an upcoming event you want us to attend send us an email to news abn.com watch our stories you may have missed go to APN news.ca you can also find Us online on your favorite social media sites including Tik Tok LinkedIn and x and you can watch this newscast live anywhere anytime on your phone on the APN News YouTube channel make sure to hit the follow or like ABN news button to join the conversation and keep up to date on indigenous stories happening in your community the search continues in Northern Manitoba for two men who went missing last week we'll bring you an update when we're back in 3 minutes [Music] [Music] welcome back it was a deadly long weekend for two communities in Northern Manitoba the first incident happened on the south side of God's Lake Sunday afternoon RCMP say a 7-year-old girl went under the water while swimming with a group of kids their ages ranged from 5 to 12 and when the girl went under they quickly ran to get help an adult pulled the girl from the water and gave first aid she was taken to a nursing station where she was pronounced dead the second incident happened late last week three men from misstic creation were reported missing last Friday morning after they didn't show up to their scheduled meeting place it's believed they were traveled they were traveling by boat to the north Basin of Lake Winnipeg to hunt Moose RCMP located the body of a 31-year-old man and some debris of a boat but the other two men who are 28 and 29 are still missing Chief Heidi cook of the crenation says weather conditions on Lake Winnipeg may have played a factor causing their boat to capsize fishermen in the area and the RC MP will continue searching for the two other men this week strong winds lightning and dry conditions in the Northwest Territories are a concern for in the current Wildfire situation after the weekend the clu community of ETO went on evacuation notice meaning residents need to prepare for an emergency nwt fire says the greatest concern is wind causing spotfires from Embers blowing through the air across parts of Maran Lake which would put ETO at risk in the Deo region two new fires are burning 40 km east of Fort Simpson Highway 7 was closed but has since reopened today for Good Hope in the satu has been evacuated for the last 3 weeks there is no timeline for when those evacuees can go home there are now 38 active fires four human caused and 34 naturally occurring Mike Westwick speaks for nwt fire we are seeing some significant growth on fires in the northern North slave region um these fires that are most affected by this wind event are are quite far away from any communities uh though uh communities uh like GMA te May uh uh see some visible Smoke on the Horizons in bak and at edzo we're uh uh we did get about 2 millimet of rain um that's certainly a fire of interest and priority for us is zf0 111 which is about 17 km to the north of the B airport two parts of BC now where there is severe thunderstorm watch into effect but the BC Wildfire service says with the warm weather dry weather coming there's potential for lightning that could spark wildfires this warming and drying Trend can exacerbate the already dry conditions in some regions um and as Forest fuels dry out they become very susceptible to new ignitions and while wildfires can spread rapidly the biggest area of concern is Northeastern BC three new wildfires were discovered in the Prince George area on Canada Day BC Wildfire Services says at least one of them was sparked by lightning a Toronto Court will hear from residents in Elliot Lake about their concerns over radioactive backfill underneath their homes uh Canadian nuclear safety Commission contention that it is only mind waste when it has been refined which when you read the legislation does not read that way for 3 years residents have lobbied the Canadian nuclear safety commission and the federal government to take issue with radon levels and radioactive backfill buried beneath some properties today the court will hear from residents and the Canadian environmental law association about their concerns over mine waste and the long-term Health impacts when we return we'll tell you how the First Nations University is taking back a traditional medicine we're back in less than 3 minutes stay with me [Music] [Music] welcome back time now for our photo of the day summertime na a beach at West Hawk Lake in Southeastern Manitoba is where our Jason corain was enjoying this Sunset thanks for sharing Jason for the chance to be our next photo of the day send your photo to share at abn.com Wawa 19 big trout lake 22 puet wagen 25 Gods Lake 24 Winnipeg 23 Baron River 22 Swift Current 22 Yorkton 24 Buffalo nrows 26 Stony Rapids 25 Northern AB Fort triple on 28 Peace River 24 Left Bridge 24 Edmonton 23 Tofino 22 cam loops 30 Prince rert 16 D Lake 20 Beaver Creek 20 Watson Lake 23 Wrigley 19 watti 20 Fort mcferson 17 sax Harbor 6 Baker Lake 14 Chesterfield 14 as well ewit 7 and glck 6 Elon musk's SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket this morning carrying another batch of starlink satellites into orbit 4 3 2 1 Z LIF the rocket lifted off just before 5:30 a.m. this morning from the cape canl space station in Florida it was carrying 20 satellites 133 of them them with direct toell capabilities the satellites were deployed into space about an hour later the Rocket's first stage returned to Earth as planned about 8 minutes after liftoff it settled down on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean this was the 67th Falcon 9 Mission so far this year there are more than 6,100 operational starlink satellites currently in orbit with each passing year indigenous people continue to move forward on sovereignty and Reclamation including for our ceremonial medicines the First Nations University of Canada and Regina eskaton has been producing Natural Tobacco free of any chemicals and only for ceremonial use Tyrone pero with the First Nations University went to find out more and brings us this story it's just considered just like gold the First Nations University of Canada is taking a novel approach to producing tobacco for ceremonial purposes Vincent ZL is an associate chemistry professor at fnu he's growing Natural Tobacco and a seemingly unnatural way using hydroponics in a lab the goal here is to work with Elders to harvest Natural Tobacco free of additives or uh pesticides Etc um and uh have ways to provide this tobacco to others that request it or need it to work with Elders in a traditional sense or to follow proper protocol but there is more to the plant it goes beyond the walls of the university the tobacco grown here will be distributed in a very unique way when one uses it in a way that uh respects proper protocol um and that pouch is empty they can send it back and we'll be happy to refill it and continue the process historically tobacco has always been a part of indigenous cultures it's used in everything from smudging to asking for help to sweat lodges Dennis amasu is one of the elders and residents at fnu he stresses the importance of tobacco and Indigenous culture it's just considered just like gold because there are other people other societies that need that that sacred tobacco this tobacco harvested traditionally at the University will be a welcomed replacement for commercial tobacco that is often used in ceremony the practice of protocol of offering tobacco will not be swept on a Wayside and forgotten but it continues on you know and that's called respect this is Tyrone perau reporting for indigenous First Nations University of Canada thank you Tyrone and that's your evening APN National newscast for this Wednesday July 3rd we'll be back again tomorrow for your midday newscast and R&B singer Tia wood from Saddle Lake cre nation in Alberta will join our Dennis Ward to talk about her brand new song Dirt Roads the 5-year-old followed her dreams to become an artist packed her bags and moved to Los Angeles and signed with Sony Canada last December it's definitely an interview you don't want to miss from everyone here in our Winnipeg HQ and from our reporters from across the country hi hi migwi masicho thank you for watching we'll see you again [Music] he for

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Published: Thu Jul 04 2024