Five Canadian cities will be home to new Indigenous radio stations, the CRTC has announced. The commission said Wednesday it has granted licences for the stations, which will serve Indigenous audiences in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa and Toronto. Those issues include "the disappearance and murder of Indigenous women, water quality on some reserves and Indigenous youth suicides," he said. Toronto's and Ottawa's new stations will be the domain of First People's Radio, which marks the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network's move into radio. In that announcement, the CRTC also said that the new stations must broadcast in at least one Indigenous language.

Source: CBC News June 14, 2017 20:48 UTC