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Orphans of Church and State
Investigates - June 21, 2024 22:30 - 25 minutesWhen it comes to institutional child abuse in Canada, Quebec's Duplessis Orphans are considered second only to residential schools. Some Duplessis Orphans are Indigenous—and time is running out for justice to be done.
Some Assembly Required
Investigates - June 19, 2024 17:38 - 23 minutesThe Assembly of First Nations is the top rung of Indigenous governance. But behind closed doors, the AFN has been plagued by infighting and power struggles. APTN Investigates looks at the challenges facing Indigenous governance, from pre-contact to today.
Secrets of the Bay - Chapter 3
Investigates - June 07, 2024 22:30 - 26 minutesIn 2015, two Mohawk fishermen drowned. Police claimed they were stealing fish, took too many and the boat sank. Police didn't bother to test these claims. So we did and used the same boat.
Wrecking Crew
Investigates - May 31, 2024 22:30 - 24 minutesLife in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has been devastating for people just trying to survive. Wars on the poor. Wars on drugs. Crisis after crisis for the unhoused. In their own words, residents tell APTN Investigates' Rob Smith their tales of survival.
Beyond the Strip
Investigates - May 10, 2024 22:30 - 25 minutesThe Manwin Hotel in Winnipeg has been a hub for drugs and violence. It was the scene of two homicides in the last year. But with a lack of housing, it’s also become a last resort for the city’s vulnerable population.
Lost Spirit
Investigates - May 03, 2024 22:30 - 25 minutesStanley Morris Peters was killed in a hit and run in 1987 near the community of Mount Currie B.C. and his body has never been found. More than 35 years later, his family continues to search for answers — and believes someone knows what happened.
Inside the Band Office: Stonewalled
Investigates - April 19, 2024 22:30 - 25 minutesMembers of a First Nation in Alberta say urgent action is needed to increase financial transparency in their community. Court documents raise suspicions of how band money is spent, while Elders are forced off-reserve after their house is condemned.
Inside the Band Office: Peters' Indian Problem
Investigates - April 12, 2024 22:30 - 25 minutesA band council in the Fraser Valley has been found guilty of unlawfully denying band membership and writing themselves blank cheques. Yet, council remains in power as elders die waiting for justice. Kenneth Jackson returns to a story he first broke in 2017.
Jail Town
Investigates - March 08, 2024 22:30 - 25 minutesA Saskatchewan government report on the Prince Albert Police is kept secret. Deaths mount at corrections facilities around town. Christopher Read investigates policing and corrections in a community with a large Indigenous population — and a lot of jails, too.
Return to Algonquin Country
Investigates - March 01, 2024 23:30 - 25 minutesCenturies-old errors and weak enrolment criteria have put thousands of Algonquin membership claims in doubt. After an internal investigation, APTN Investigates returns to Algonquin country — and we meet a family navigating the fallout.
Food for Profit
Investigates - February 23, 2024 23:30 - 52 minutesThe sharp rise in food prices hit even harder in the North. In a joint investigation with CBC’s The Fifth Estate, Brittany Guyot visits families and experts in the North to find out the reason why their grocery bills are so high, and what needs to happen next.
The Disappearance of Frank Gruben
Investigates - December 08, 2023 23:30 - 25 minutesThis past spring, 30-year-old Gwich’in and Inuvialuk man Frank Gruben vanished without a trace from the small town of Fort Smith, NT. His disappearance has sparked concern over how the territory handles missing persons cases.
Liquid Law
Investigates - November 27, 2023 21:01 - 24 minutesThere’s a new Canada Water Act in the works, and the Trudeau government says Indigenous rights will be bolstered. APTN Investigates takes a look at what that might mean – especially for communities where clean water has been something they’ve had to fight for.
Working 118th
Investigates - October 27, 2023 22:30 - 23 minutesA gust of wind drifts through the prairie grass and into the city of Edmonton. A peaceful setting until you learn the history of the area. The rural city limits have long been an informal resting ground in Alberta’s capital city, where dozens of missing women’s remains have been located, many ...
People of the Dawn
Investigates - October 20, 2023 22:30 - 23 minutesAfter decades of lobbying, four communities in Vermont have been recognized by the state as Abenaki. But Abenaki in Quebec are calling the process flawed... and alleging that the groups are committing cultural identity theft on their ancestral territory.
Secrets of the Bay – Part 2
Investigates - October 13, 2023 22:30 - 24 minutesThere are still more questions than answers regarding the mysterious deaths of two Mohawk fishermen on the Bay of Quinte. APTN Investigates reporter Kenneth Jackson meets with families and community members to clear the air, fill in gaps in the police investigations – and face some difficult t...
Secrets of the Bay – Part 1
Investigates - October 06, 2023 22:30 - 23 minutesTwo Mohawk fishermen went fishing on the Bay of Quinte eight years ago. They never came home. Police ruled that their deaths were accidental, but the families believe they were killed. APTN Investigates reporter Kenneth Jackson sets out to discover what really happened that night.
Identity Check
Investigates - May 26, 2023 22:30 - 25 minutesThe move is on to remove people whose claims to Algonquin citizenship are based on questionable information. But legitimate Algonquin are asking themselves, has political and cultural damage already been done?
Voices of the Landfill
Investigates - May 19, 2023 22:30 - 25 minutesThe remains of Indigenous women in Winnipeg landfills sparked outrage. Reporter Brittany Guyot speaks to those affected and uncovers just how many Indigenous women have gone missing or murdered in recent years in the city.
Stolen
Investigates - May 12, 2023 22:30 - 22 minutesTwo Indigenous mothers are seeking answers. Allegedly, staff at Saskatchewan hospitals told them that their babies died shortly after birth. Years later, there’s evidence these babies may have survived. The families tell Investigates’ Christopher Read that they’re now hoping for a reunion with...
Nuclear North
Investigates - May 05, 2023 22:30 - 23 minutesIf we’re in a war against climate change, then Canada’s north is arguably on the front line of that battle. Reporter Christopher Read recently went to the Yukon to look at efforts to reduce the number of diesel generators.
Inside Corrections: The Prison Within
Investigates - March 31, 2023 22:30 - 24 minutesThey are polar opposites of Canada’s correctional system. On one side, a supermax prison is criticized for extreme isolation, excessive confinement, and no services. On the other, an Indigenous healing lodge with cultural services and many empty beds. Find out who ends up where in The Prison W...
Inside Corrections: The Long Road Home
Investigates - March 24, 2023 22:30 - 24 minutesFor years, APTN Investigates has been following the story of Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance. The Saulteaux sisters were convicted of the second-degree murder of Anthony Dolff in 1994. Their cousin admitted to killing the farmer. Still, the sisters were put in prison where they’ve been – for t...
Inside Corrections: Hard Time
Investigates - March 17, 2023 22:30 - 23 minutesJohn Derek Mills is a Cree man from Waterhen First Nation. He’s a ’60s Scoop survivor with a long juvenile record. A life of crime culminated in a botched armed robbery in 1996. Originally sentenced to seven years, Mills is still behind bars nearly three decades later. He feels he has fallen t...
Inside Corrections: 2180 Days
Investigates - March 10, 2023 22:30 - 23 minutesAlthough solitary confinement was abolished in 2019, it continues to operate under different names. Joey Toutsaint estimates he has spent more than 2180 days in isolation. And he says every day has been a battle to overcome his thoughts of suicide. APTN Investigates is taking viewers inside ...
Buried Truths
Investigates - January 27, 2023 23:30 - 24 minutesThere's a silent epidemic of sexual abuse in First Nation communities across Treaty 3 territory in northwestern Ontario. APTN speaks to survivors who say the only way to stop it is by talking about it.
Noah's Story
Investigates - January 20, 2023 23:30 - 22 minutesIt was meant to be the largest settlement agreement in history. Forty billion dollars for Indigenous children who have suffered in Canada’s child welfare and health care systems. Noah, now 21 years old, is among the leaders in this fight for dignity, compensation and the well-being of future g...
Sinixt Nation: A Story of Extinction and Baskets
Investigates - December 02, 2022 23:30 - 24 minutesMarilyn James has fought for recognition for her people for three decades, facing opposition every step of the way. The feds consider her people extinct. BC courts ruled she has no standing. And now her cousins south of the border have a supreme court victory granting hunting rights. Members h...
Root Causes
Investigates - November 25, 2022 23:30 - 23 minutesViolence on the streets of Winnipeg is at an all-time high with random attacks and murders. APTN Investigates goes right to the root of the problem through the lives of former gang members and finds a message of hope that things can change.
Reawakening the Mountains
Investigates - November 18, 2022 23:30 - 24 minutesNuxalk people want to protect their pristine ecosystem and stop mining exploration. To do so they’re employing a unique tactic - placing totem poles in the mountains as a warning to outsiders.
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