MKO

• Manitoba First Nations call for alcohol restrictions after violence prompts curfew

  First Nations chiefs in northern Manitoba are calling for restrictions on alcohol purchases following an uptick in violent crimes, including a series of stabbings.

  Crime

  Aug 20
  
• Phil Fontaine and AFN Chief Cindy Woodhouse honoured at MKO ceremony

  On Tuesday, MKO honoured Phil Fontaine, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and newly minted AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse.

  Canada

  Jan 16
  
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• MKO’s Santa will be making the rounds again this year in Manitoba’s north

  MKO's Santa express program is up and running again this year to bring about 20,000 Christmas treat bags to 26 of communities in Manitoba's north.

  Canada

  Nov 23, 2023
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• Sheila North announces candidacy for national chief of Assembly of First Nations

  Sheila North is an advocate for missing and murdered Indigenous women, a former journalist and a member of Bunibonibee Cree Nation.

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2023
• MKO, Sioux Valley call for government protection of residential school graves

  Manitoba Indigenous groups say grave sites believed to contain remains of former residential school children in the Brandon area need government protection.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2023
• Criminal property funds to go toward northern Manitoba internet connections, province says

  Kelvin Goertzen announced that $100,000 from the Criminal Property Forfeiture Fund is earmarked for a project connecting remote First Nations communities with high-speed internet.

  Tech

  Jul 25, 2023
• School on northern Manitoba First Nation loses roof to heavy snow

  O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation Chief Shirley Ducharme says the damage is just the latest challenge for a community already under a state of emergency.

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2023
• Manitoba to spend $2 million on missing persons response strategy

  The provincial government is spending more than $2 million to tackle Manitoba's high number of missing persons, justice minister Kelvin Goertzen said.

  Crime

  Mar 20, 2023
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• ‘An absolute tragedy’: Manitoba premier on killing of Indigenous women, girls

  Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson says the ongoing issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is tragic, but stopped short of declaring a state of emergency.

  Crime

  Dec 6, 2022
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• Manitoba Indigenous chiefs frustrated, call for more action over MMIWG

  Indigenous leaders in Manitoba say solutions for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls laid out after a 2019 inquiry need to be put into action as the tragedies continue.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2022