APTN National News May 2, 2024 – Landfill search day two, $4.8B lawsuit over sewage dumping

[Music] they are loved and they are missed tonight day two of searching a Saskatoon landfill for a missing mate te woman and I got 14-day free trial with my course and the books uh once that program or sorry once the 14 days had expired that I had didn't hear from anybody an online training course suspended operations without warning to students and staff I just knew that I had to paint and a young artist from kigan Ze is hoping his latest work will catch the eye of a Golden Globe winning actor good evening I'm Dennis Ward welcome to APN national news today marks the second day of the search for missing mate teoman McKenzie trach mate Nation Saskatchewan says they are happy to see the action being taken to find her video journalist Rachel may sat down with the group's vice president it's difficult and when they're searching somewhere that is particularly difficult uh like a landfill I think we all feel um the tragedy and the sadness for the trach family December 21st 2020 22-year-old McKenzie trache left her family home in Saskatoon she hasn't been seen again yesterday after nearly 3 and 1/2 years the search for her moved to the Saskatoon landfill Michelle lir vice president of mate Nation Saskatchewan commends the city police for actively searching the landfill and not letting McKenzie be forgotten that's important for that family to know that they are being acknowledged and that their child is important the troes have posted on social media that McKenzie would not want this attention unless it meant action for all missing people lir says although McKenzie isn't here to use her voice she is still helping raise awareness about missing and murdered people and women in particular are at risk of of going missing of being murdered and some of us for no other reason then we look the way that we do when it comes to searches like this lir says it's vital people remember to have empathy it doesn't matter where they've been they are part of people's family they are part of our community they are loved and they are missed lir says mate Nation Saskatchewan Workers will continue to support the traj family through this difficult time Rachel May ABN national news Saskatoon to Manitoba now where eight First Nations have launched a $4.8 billion lawsuit against the city of Winnipeg accusing them of dumping sewage into waterways and polluting Lake Winnipeg on February 7th over 200 million lers of raw sewage was released into the Red River after a pipe burst the eight First Nations claimed the city province and federal government violated treaty rights and failed to consult with them about the condition of Lake Winnipeg the lawsuit calls on the defendants to construct systems to prevent raw sewed from entering the waterways it also demands $500 million to be paid to each plaintiff first for violating Charter rights and $100 million for punitive damages Chief Gordon Blue Sky brokenhead ojibway First Nation described the destructive impacts it's a number of things that I've heard over the years and I've seen over the years of uh fish um coming to the surface and and obviously that are deceased um some are deformed um there's also one year I witnessed hundreds of of dead frogs on the shorelines of Lake Winnipeg um obviously we hear stories of our from our knowledge Keepers and Elders that that you know the water in Lake Winnipeg at one time it used to be able just to scoop a cup in there and and drink right from our Lake um because of how clean it once was and that wasn't long ago a homeless shelter in Downtown Montreal is in the process of providing long-term housing for the city C's Urban indigenous homeless Community indigenous project Quebec has been working on the pilot project for 2 years 14 rooms will be available for rent come July there will be a collective kitchen common area and two bathrooms it was prompted by the lack of housing options available for residents who have gotten sober that's because they would now have to return to a shelter where alcohol is allowed to be consumed the pilot project is successful indigenous project Quebec will consider purchasing an apartment building for long-term housing we're renting this building for 5 years so the purpose of it is to rent apartment units for people who are going to want to stop using alcohol or drugs so before they could sign a lease they would have to sign an agreement saying that they're going to go to therapy and then after the therapy session they come back here and they have their their room for at the most 5 years an online training program has left students and instructors out in the cold for weeks that's because the school suspended operations earlier this year but it was done with little to no communication now some students and ex staff say they've lost trust in the school here's Annette Francis with that story things are locked up tight at the native Education and Training College in North Bay Ontario this notice posted on the door dated February 7th States due to non-payment of rent AAR the landlord has terminated the lease and hereby repossessed the premises and there's been no access to online programs for students either Amanda W dreamed of getting a diploma in Human Resources management so last November when she saw the program was being offered online through the native Education and Training college she applied soon after paying $6,100 in tuition those dreams faded I got 14-day free trial with my course and the books uh once that program or sorry once the 14 days had expired then I had didn't hear from anybody Mel is a member of the pwac neon first nation in Ontario she was never able to begin the program wo was permanently locked out of the system in December and didn't hear from anyone until January 12th finally they had gotten back to me cuz I told them that I was going to go to the media and get myself legal uh advice and as soon as they heard that they reached out to me right away and they said that they'd give me my full refund because it was still within the 30 days so I filled out the paperwork for my full refund on January 12th and after 30 days I still have not received anything Skyler s is from the Missi first nation in Ontario he was taking the environmental technician program SAR has been locked out too although his band did pay for the program yeah in the end there I did the exam on January 4th and um I hand in the like I complete the test uh or the exam handed in and uh there's no contact from anybody from that point until like maybe two two or three communications from any from anybody at that school between then and now APN contacted the ministry of colleges and universities about the situation its response the superintendent of career colleges is aware of the students concerns and is speaking with the parties to facilitate a resolution in an emailed statement from Larry Stewart the owner of NC he claimed someone had stolen the tuition checks from his mailbox and that their online platform was hacked and that all the instructors had quit ex instructor Lorraine Neil disagrees on that last Point she had worked at the NC since 2016 in March Neil asked to be laid off because she wasn't getting paid and it was frustrating so that's why I requested to be laid off but I never got my Roe they never fired me I never officially quit I have no idea where where I stand meanwhile W wants to be reimbursed however she's giving up on any future education Endeavors I'm just going to leave it as it is um unfortunately it just kind of put a bad taste in my mouth and I don't not going to pursue it according to Stuart's statement tuition fees are now refundable and they're working on transferring students to another online platform in the meantime the school and available programs continues to be advertised online and Francis APN national news North Bay you can read more on that story over on our website ap10 news.ca the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is pumping bitchan after a decade of delays and construction Our Truth and politics panel will be here to weigh in on that after the break welome back after more than a decade of construction and ballooning costs the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is complete and oil is now flowing the roughly 1,000 km pipeline running from Edmonton to Burnaby will now carry nearly 900,000 barrels of bitchan daily to market the now federally owned pipeline was divisive among indigenous peoples some who protested it others who want to buy it for more we're joined by our weekly truth and politics panel Jennifer lewitz is a policy analyst with war shield and neon Sinclair is a columnist with a Winnipeg Free Press Jennifer neon thanks for being with us uh Jennifer the pipeline was originally proposed in 2013 By Kinder Morgan with a price tag of $7.4 billion of course we know the federal government ended up having to step in and buy the pipeline the final price tag $34 billion was it worth it not if we're overpaying for that much um I think you know the federal government seems to make a lot of deals that seem to overinflate the cost at the end and I think you know if it's costing that much I don't know whether or not it's worth it but there's going to be a lot of people that are you know Pro oil and gas that are going to see this as a win either way but whether or not paying that type of price is worth it is an entirely different question right and got as I mentioned in the intro this was a divisive project even amongst indigenous peoples to some it was desecration to Mother Earth to others jobs uh economic sovereignty can you walk us through some of those divides we have to go back in history a little bit to the world of 2016 which is around the time when the Trudeau government decided to intervene and in the end of the day buy the pipeline uh the just coming out of the time of idol no more there was a real split in indigenous leadership in terms of kind of Indian Act leadership or or elected ban Council leadership and then what we might call traditional leadership particularly in BC with hereditary Chiefs and so on so there we saw this similarly with the wuin and the coastal gas pipeline there's a real split in indigenous communities as to on the issue of pipelines and on the issue of resource development and so in 2016 the attempts by the Trudeau government was to try to quell this by taking responsibility for the pipeline in what was had become a rather untenable situation now theas reason that this pipeline got built was because of the pandemic uh the pandemic intervened and stopped any activism for both Coastal Gas link and for Trans Mountain and those projects continued as well as many other projects for instance Manitoba Hydra projects here in Manitoba and so uh is it been right well certainly it's happening anyways and it's while it split indigenous communities those riffs have still not ended in fact I would say the the Schism is probably more developed um but the fact is that you know Indian Act leadership elected bound Council leadership are often trying to create some sort of economic livelihood for communities so good bad great ugly they often see this as the one path to be able to for sustainability Financial sustainability but the community sees it as a real dead end in terms of cultural ways or perhaps just water and oil because we know that these pipelines go through reserves they they fail environmental assessments and they fail in the issue of consultation which is a constitutional requirement uh Jennifer there are indigenous groups that want to to buy this Pipeline and I say indigenous because the mate nation of Alberta is or was part of an ownership group looking at this uh is this uh ownership something you think should be pursued that's a really tough question because this gets into the conversation around self-determination you know I've been on record saying that I'm going to let Nations make the decision what's best for themselves but then that's also really tough because like neon said if the leadership is making decisions that the membership also don't want that's another conversation that's opened up because we do talk about self-determination you know we saw 24 Nations buy into the mbridge pipeline deal but what did the membership want what do the leadership want and also what does economic reconciliation look like and I think this is going to be a conversation we hear a lot more about especially as the liberal government just announced their guaranteed loan program basically streamlining a way in for Nations to buy into projects exactly like this right uh Negan what do you think the last decade and all that has gone on with the Trans Mountain expansion means for future pipeline projects in Canada well it's exactly what Jennifer spoke about uh the fact is the federal government really doesn't matter what stripe liberal or conservative uh they are deeply invested in uh indigenous lands and resources and will stop at virtually nothing to be able to hammer those things through um with the kind of indigenous leadership that they want to work with uh sometimes that maybe have the support of a First Nations or M at Community uh but what we've seen most often times is they're not operating in concert and and it's leading to more division in communities the fact is that the federal government needs to get out of the way and the reality is that communities need to make their own decisions on how they will govern themselves first and foremost and then we can get to the issue of consultation and resource development because the fact is that we still have this Indian Act which continues to rain down a imposed structure and that when communities a handful of communities have moved in this direction to be able to govern themselves and and have that recognized by the federal government we need to have more of that and for govern communities to be able to govern themselves and then then there's a legitimate partnership led by the community good bad great ugly not not and no Community is uniform but a community has to decide how it wants to be governed on its own and then work with the federal government not the other way around where the government comes with a already decided upon project and then how much do we pay you to make you happy uh nean and Jennifer will have to leave it there but great to have you with us again this week we GL you now before we head to break a quick programming note starting on May 6 that is this next Monday you can join us here every weekday at 1 p.m. eastern time for a brand new 30 minute APN National newscast keeping you up to date on the issues impacting indigenous peoples right across the country and of course we'll continue our coverage every weekday on our regular evening newscast right here at 6 p.m. Eastern check your local listings four times in your area still to come here tonight previews of tonight's Nation to nation and this week's ABN investigates stick [Music] around welcome back time now for our photo of the day it was go Oilers go for their as members of the deud Dena Council watch the Edon Oilers live Roy Vu had always wanted to see a game in person and the Oilers did not disappoint with a big win be sure to send us your photos to share APN doca for the chance to be our next photo of the day especially if you're in Toronto for the big Leafs wind tonight now let's take a look at tomorrow's weather forecast starting on the East Coast showers and 10 in Halifax 12 in frederickton sunny and a high of five in KU a cloudy high of one for n 19 in Montreal showers and 16 for valdor 16 with rain in Sous St Marie and North Bay in Northern Ontario eight with showers for Thunder Bay rain and 11 in Sue Lookout 13 with rain in Gods Lake showers and 11 for Norway house a rainy day in Winnipeg with a high of 10 seven with rain in Dolphin five in Regina eight in Saskatoon eight for meal Lake five with showers in Buffalo Narrows the sun is shining on parts of Northern Alberta 16 for Peace River and Grand Prairie sunny and 12 for Edmonton 12 for leth BRD in Medicine Hat 19 with showers in Vancouver rain and 21 in cam loops 16 for Prince George 15 and sunny and de Lake minus two with snow in Old Crow sunny and 17 in White Horse 10 in Yellow Knife Suns out and 18 for Wrigley minus 11 with snow in sax Harbor snow and three below in poak minus two with snow for Chesterfield and whale Cove minus 7 in Resolute and Arctic Bay now gonin artist from kigan Z in hour and a half north of Ottawa is hoping his latest work will catch the attention of award-winning actress Lily Gladstone 21-year-old Gabriel Ottawa is an addictions and wellness counselor when he's home he makes beautiful oil paintings usually of actors or characters from TV or movies his latest Masterpiece is of indigenous actress Lily Gladstone known for her role in Martin scorsese's killers of the flower Moon Ottawa spent six painstaking months on Gladstone's portrait with lots of love he says he was inspired by Gladstone's performance in killers of the flower Moon and for being the first indigenous woman to win the Golden Globe as best actress in a drama Ottawa has been painting for almost 11 years with the help of his mom and dad she was doing the award shows and she was winning you know the Golden Globe The Screen Actors gu the W I followed all that and that's the first time ever in my life where I followed an actor in that way I was just such a fan because she became so like I just knew that I had to paint her great looking work and so far Ottawa says he's on Cloud9 for Gladstone simply liking his painting on Instagram over to our Ottawa studio now where Fraser NM is standing by with a look at tonight's Nation to Nation come here up after the news it's been almost 5 years since the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls released its final report and a Winnipeg and PMP says the TR government has made little progress as well the Manitoba M Federation will be co-hosting a summit later this month to address what the organization says is a growing problem of matey identity theft and there's a new report out on child poverty it shows these rates in nunit are not only growing but the worst in Canada all this and more on tonight's episode of nation to Nation thanks Frasier in the winter of 1987 Stanley moris Peters was struck and killed in a hidden run in BC's coastal mountains there was a conviction in the case but Peter's remains have never been found tomorrow night on ABN investigates journalist Rob Smith digs into the decades old unsolved mystery here's a preview [Music] where we're at right now is the location of where our dad was hit and run and the tree that you see in the background is where I um come to hang his pattern that he used to wear I leave things there on his birthdays or on the day that he went missing the sisters and I come here very often smudge and pray and pray for him to help us locate where he is knowing this is where my dad was last seen it helps bring us together to go and search for his [Music] remains Stanley Peters went missing in 1987 he was 37 years old the papers picked up on the story four years later the headlines were Stark police had charged two men in February 1992 Dennis Williams charged with Hit and Run Lawrence Pascal charged with obstruction of justice in the papers RCMP Sergeant Harry mcglaughlin laid out the story a tipster broke the Code of Silence you can catch APN investigates lost Spirit tomorrow night immediately following the APN national news looks good award-winning journalist Rob Smith will be here tomorrow to talk to us about the documentary as well that's all the time we have for your APN national news for this Thursday for news anytime you can visit our website ap10 news .c I'm Dennis Ward Marc mtch thanks for being with us I predict a 5-2 win for my Leafs tonight stick around Nation to nation is up next we'll see you back here tomorrow

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Published: Fri May 03 2024