Investigates

Details are emerging about medical experimentation conducted on Inuit in Canada. APTN Investigates examines how Inuit were treated as guinea pigs and the scars left behind. Scar Tissue: The Legacy of Inuit Medical Experimentation by Tom Fennario • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more:  https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts:  https://www.aptnnews.c...

As retail theft rises, so do allegations of racial discrimination. In Winnipeg, violent encounters between security guards and Indigenous people have sparked outrage. What's the driving force behind these confrontations? Poverty? Crime? Or deeply rooted systemic prejudice? APTN Investigates: How They See Us by Tamara Pimentel • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website fo...

The longest trial in Canadian history recognizes Aboriginal title for a former Cowichan Nation village in Richmond, British Columbia. With appeals pending, including one from the Musqueam band, Return to Tl'uqtinus explores what it all means. APTN Investigates: Return to Tl'uqtinus by Christopher Read • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more:  https://aptnnews...

The River Remembers investigates the sharp rise of police killings in Canada, where police involved deaths have almost doubled since 2000. APTN Investigates follows families demanding answers and accountability while shining a light on a pattern of violence hidden in plain sight. The River Remembers by Brittany Guyot. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: ...

The 10-year anniversary of Standing Rock continues this week on Retrospectives, as Dennis Ward joins host Brittany Guyot to discuss AFTER STANDING ROCK—the second of his two episodes reporting from the front lines of a historic moment in Indigenous resistance. Watch the first part of the interview here: Dennis Ward on Standing Rock, ten years la...   Clash at Standing Rock - Originally April 7, 20...

It's been 10 years since Standing Rock, a historic gathering of land and water protectors resisting the Dakota Access pipeline that captured international attention. On Retrospectives, Dennis Ward joins host Brittany Guyot to discuss CLASH AT STANDING ROCK—the first of his two APTN Investigates episodes reporting from the front lines in North Dakota. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our...

For decades Mohawk tobacco manufacturers have been playing cat and mouse with law enforcement, making big profits while fending off charges over selling tax free cigarettes. But now a Mohawk tobacco entrepreneur has turned the tables: he's suing Quebec for seizing his products, and is giving APTN Investigates a peek behind the curtain of how his industry works. APTN Investigates: Taxing Sovereignt...

A lengthy power outage ravages homes and infrastructure in Pimicikamak Cree Nation, triggering a state of emergency, a boil water advisory and a community exodus. Crisis at Cross Lake examines how, why and what's next.       APTN Investigates: Crisis at Cross Lake by Christopher Read. • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more:  https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APT...

With the Indian hospitals settlement now accepting claims for compensation, Dr. Maureen Lux joins host Brittany Guyot this week on APTN Investigates Retrospectives to discuss THE CURE WAS WORSE (2017) and the painful history of these former institutions. To find out more about the Indian hospitals settlement, go to ihsettlement.ca. The deadline to apply for compensation is July 27, 2028. The Cure...

Reporter Christopher Read joins host Brittany Guyot to discuss POWER—his 2020 two-part series on Manitoba Hydro, and the long-term impacts of the Churchill River Diversion. POWER | Originally aired October 26, 2020: https://youtu.be/Wg5KGKQmuEI?si=MbVl_t9vcNKhNPRP • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more:  https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts:  htt...

The 2025 Manitoba wildfires devastated many communities – including one in danger of falling through jurisdictional cracks. Tamara Pimentel travels to the small northern town of Leaf Rapids to assess the damage as community members are left sifting through the ashes. APTN Investigates: Ashes to Ashes by Tamara Pimentel • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more:...

For 45 years a tiny remote First Nation has been at odds with a conservation group to get land back it believes was illegally appropriated in the 1800s. Members of the Dzawada'enux First Nation believe Nature Trust of BC puts the wellbeing of Grizzly Bears over the needs of their people. They say it's a dispute that may lead to direct action if a solution is not found. APTN Investigates: A Kingcom...

After winning a million dollars on a scratch ticket, Joshua Saulteaux vanished from his family's property in Alberta. Blood was found inside his trailer, but no trace of him has ever been recovered. Investigators say he walked away into the night, but his family believes something far more troubling happened. APTN Investigates: Into the Night by Brittany Guyot • • • APTN National News, our stories...

Reporter Kenneth Jackson investigates a toxic legacy left by wartime government and industry in a small Ontario town, and meets a First Nation chief demanding the land back, but only after the damage is undone. APTN Investigates: War on the Land | By Kenneth Jackson • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more:  https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts:  h...

In Canada, the histories of residential school survivors are being challenged by a surge of denialism. Dismantling Denialism confronts those attempts to rewrite history — and explores what it will take to defend truth and reconciliation. APTN Investigates: Dismantling Denialism | By Christopher Read • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more:  https://aptnnews.c...

This week on APTN Investigates Retrospectives, we look back at DARK VALLEY—Holly Moore and Rob Smith's 2018 story on a series of disappearances in the BC interior. With multiple updates since the story first aired, Rob Smith joins host Brittany Guyot to talk about what it was like on the ground. Dark Valley | Originally aired October 19, 2018: https://youtu.be/g1CP2tyToys?si=tkyngL_cUGJzuXZk • • •...

In a special edition of APTN Investigates Retrospectives, recently-retired APTN reporter Kathleen Martens looks back at her groundbreaking series on the Independent Assessment Process (IAP). Martens spoke with many residential school survivors who felt that they were once again being taken advantage of – and sought accountability at the highest levels of Canadian bureaucracy. Complaints lead to IA...

The population of Puvirnituq, QC is booming… but their water infrastructure is breaking. For years the Inuit community in Nunavik has had water shortages, and documents obtained by APTN Investigates show that a permanent solution might be a pipe dream. Pipe Dreams: The Water Crisis in Nunavik | By Tom Fennario • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more:  https:/...

APTN Investigates video journalist Rob Smith travels home to Kingcome Inlet, BC to explore how his family dealt with a year of grief and loss. What he found was a resilient clan determined to stick together through love and culture in the face of tragedies and decades of compounding trauma. A path towards healing, out of the darkness. APTN Investigates: Out of the Darkness | By Rob Smith • • • APT...

Prisoners across Canada are producing goods for crown corporations and more recently, for public consumption. Experts warn the true cost of this labour goes far beyond dollars, raising difficult questions about dignity, rehabilitation and justice. APTN Investigates: Fields of Confinement | By Brittany Guyot • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more:  https://ap...

The mystery man is finally revealed. He sits down with reporter Kenneth Jackson and explains why he left Tyendinaga 10 years ago after the bodies of Tyler Maracle and Matty Fairman were pulled from the water. And has never returned. APTN Investigates: Secrets of the Bay - Chapter 5 | By Kenneth Jackson • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more:  https://aptnnew...

The 1963 rape and murder of 18-year-old Ann Mary Dick devastated the small Kaska community of Upper Liard, Yukon. Now, more than five decades later, her siblings are seeking justice over the RCMP's mishandling of the investigation and that of another historic death in the region. APTN Investigates: Justice for my Sister | By Tamara Pimentel • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit...

Indigenous People are climbing over industry-imposed fence lines to raise concerns about the lack of inclusion in addressing plastic pollution. In a special hour-long episode, APTN Investigates takes a microscopic look at "sacrifice zones" to find out exactly how Indigenous rights are being upheld.

In the woods near a former orphanage, records suggest that many children, including unknown numbers of Métis, remain in unmarked graves. Activists have fought hard to protect Lemay Forest from private development – and then Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew stepped in.

Every tattoo has a story. For some it's a constant reminder of a traumatic past influenced by gangs and violence. As three Winnipeg women navigate the system for a better life, they work on erasing a past that is only skin-deep. Tamara Pimentel investigates.