Investigates

Last year, more than 2,200 British Columbians died from toxic overdoses, according to the BC Coroner Service. Ann Marie Sexton's son, Chad, was one of the many people who died in 2021. Now she's fighting to help her younger son enter recovery.

Three militarized police actions in support of pipeline megaprojects have taken place on Wet'suwet'en traditional territory in the last seven years. The Wet'suwet'en call them invasions. On this episode, Rob Smith takes you inside their battle against pipelines and shows you why they keep putting their bodies on the line.

The discovery of unmarked graves on residential school grounds raises a lot of questions. Why weren't survivors believed when they testified about the graves? Is there more evidence that the churches or Ottawa haven't disclosed? Can the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement be re-opened? APTN Investigates finds the answers.

Crime and policing are big issues in rural Alberta. The provincial government is looking at ways to improve response times, including a study that will look into the creation of a provincial police force. Alberta has three Indigenous police departments. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled in February 2022 that Ottawa's First Nation Policing Program is discriminatory in its funding. APTN Inves...

Cree-Metis men Jacob Sansom and Maurice Cardinal had just finished a moose hunt when police say they were confronted and shot on a northeastern Alberta backroad by two non-Indigenous men. Now, those two men stand accused of murder and a family is left to struggle with the loss of two knowledge keepers and family providers. APTN Investigates met with the family and visited the backroads that many s...

An APTN Investigation reveals a staggering number of missing and murdered Indigenous men and boys across the country. With the prairie provinces seeing the highest numbers, reporter Brittany Guyot speaks with the families impacted in Manitoba.

APTN Investigates reporter, Brittany Guyot, reveals numerous Indigenous men and boys have been murdered or vanished along the infamous Highway of Tears. Several families in Prince George say they want to see a national inquiry to look deeper into the issues Indigenous men and boys face.

The stories don't stop when the cameras go away. Melissa Ridgen updates her report about a Saskatchewan doctor's unprofessional conduct related to prescribing opioids. Brittany Guyot shares the next chapter in the Winnipeg Art Gallery's display of Inuit art produced in tuberculosis hospitals.

APTN Investigates reported in 2020 on the search for a community that would be willing to house radioactive waste. With nuclear power back in the spotlight as a carbon-free energy source, there have been several new developments.

Sexual exploitation crosses class, gender and race. Anyone can be a victim, but it's often marginalized people that are most at risk. APTN Investigates looks at how this abuse is impacting the city of Kenora, Ontario and the vulnerable women who are exploited.

In the city of Kenora, Ontario the sex trade is rooted in the streets and Indigenous women are the main target. But who are the people buying? APTN Investigates finds out and demands answers about what's operating in plain sight.

When you want to vote but can't because your polling station is hours away, something is wrong. APTN's Christopher Read takes a closer look at barriers encountered by Indigenous voters in the 2021 federal election, with a focus on Kenora.

There have been new developments since we originally aired Melissa Ridgen's Cindy's Story in 2017. In a new feature on APTN Investigates, we're providing updated information on past stories. Bradley Barton was originally acquitted of a manslaughter charge in the death of Metis and Cree woman Cindy Gladue in an Edmonton hotel. But that was not the end of the story.

On this episode of APTN Investigates: We're exploring the tactics Indigenous peoples are using to break free from Canadian colonialism.

On the season premiere of APTN Investigates, we're exposing the tactics Canada uses to conceal residential school horrors and to also deny Indigenous justice and sovereignty.

The Tthetsënɂotı̨́né of Rocher River, Northwest Territories are still fighting to reclaim their culture and identity after being forcibly removed from their traditional homeland. Now, more than 60 years later, they are looking for answers and an apology from the Canadian government.

A small group of Dene say Canada forcibly removed them from their traditional homeland in the N.W.T. in the 1960s.   Since then, the Tthetsënɂotı̨́né have fought to hold on to their culture.   APTN Investigates explores this chapter in the history in "Refugees in our Land."

APTN Investigates visited a community with infrastructure and governance problems but almost 5000 kms away Membertou's chief, Terry Paul, says his community's success is about having transparent policies and sticking with them. Also, a look at a Ktunaxa man who has started an organization to help band members who can't find accountability.

First Nation citizens across Canada have nowhere to turn with their concerns about their on-reserve government. APTN Investigates speaks to a member of one of these communities whose concerns are echoed. We found corruption and mismanagement aren't as widespread as stereotypes suggest, but when it does happen, does the Indian Act system allow it? In fact, many experts say the Indian Act is the pro...

Nadine Moostoos is speaking out for the first time since she joined a U.S. class action as "Jane Doe #44." The former foster child says her healing is in limbo while she waits for Winnipeg Police to investigate her allegations against former fashion mogul Peter Nygard.

Winnipeg fashion magnate Peter Nygard is wanted for alleged sex crimes in the US after the FBI charged him last year. Now, his alleged victims who are Indigenous have come forward to tell their stories and question why Canadian authorities are failing to investigate their cases.

Human trafficking is making headlines in Nova Scotia, with high rates in the province relative to the rest of Canada. APTN's Trina Roache looks at why and what makes Indigenous women vulnerable in APTN Investigates: Exploited

Among curators and other museum professionals, "decolonization" is a buzz word everywhere these days. APTN Investigates visits the Royal British Columbia Museum where the decolonization conversation is at the boiling point, prompting staff departures and an internal investigation.

It's no secret that museum collections have benefitted from the colonization of countries occupied by imperial powers such as Britain and France. But in recent years, spurred in part by the 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, there is a global push to decolonize museums.

What does five decades of pushback get you? Millions spent on modern treaties. Decades spent in court. Arrest and incarceration for standing up. Indigenous people know it's the good fight for current and future generations. But there's a cost when you're looking to down the barrel to defend your homeland and assert your identity. And it appears to be a battle with no end in site.