Latest Investigates Podcast Episodes
Black Robes
Investigates - October 21, 2022 22:30 - 24 minutesAPTN journalist Brittany Guyot identifies alleged Catholic Church abusers who worked at various residential schools and in Indigenous communities. She speaks with survivors and a priest who left the country after charges were brought forward.
Exposed
Investigates - October 14, 2022 22:30 - 23 minutesIn the quiet border town of Fort Frances, Ontario, women and children are being sexually exploited and too often by the very people and institutions that are supposed to protect them. APTN Investigates speaks to the victims, identifies convicted sex offenders and alleged abusers.
ᑳᓯᓇᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ The Pope’s Apology
Investigates - October 07, 2022 21:30 - 24 minutesThis summer, Pope Francis apologized for the role the Catholic church played in Canada’s Indian residential school system. APTN Investigates takes a look back at the historic apology and speaks with survivors about a path forward.
Climate Disaster: An Oral History
Investigates - June 03, 2022 21:30 - 24 minutesWe are all climate disaster survivors. That's the belief of the creators of the Climate Emergency Project – a nationwide network of academics, journalists, and students who are creating an oral history of victims of climate change disasters. In B.C., APTN Investigates teamed up with Megaphone Ma...
Business as Usual - Part 2
Investigates - May 27, 2022 21:30 - 24 minutesThere have been renewed calls for the disbanding of the Thunder Bay Police Service. For more than two decades, the embattled police force has been criticized for their mishandling of sudden death cases involving Indigenous people.
Business as Usual - Part 1
Investigates - May 23, 2022 21:30 - 24 minutesFor more than two decades, the Thunder Bay Police Service has come under fire for their mishandling of sudden death cases involving Indigenous people. APTN Investigates meets with families and community leaders that are still seeking justice.
Decolonizing Museums – Part 3
Investigates - May 13, 2022 21:30 - 25 minutesAPTN Investigates first reported in 2021 on the push for museums to decolonize and also repatriate Indigenous belongings and ancestors. In this update, Christopher Read takes you inside efforts to retrieve a Nuxalk totem pole currently in the possession of the Royal British Columbia Museum.
Hope in the Downtown Eastside
Investigates - May 09, 2022 21:30 - 24 minutesLast 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.
Wet’suwet’en Invasions
Investigates - April 29, 2022 21:30 - 23 minutesThree 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 puttin...
What Happens Next?
Investigates - April 22, 2022 21:30 - 24 minutesThe 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-opene...
Defending the Land
Investigates - April 15, 2022 21:30 - 23 minutesCrime 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...
Sharing the Land
Investigates - April 08, 2022 21:30 - 25 minutesCree-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 ke...
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Men – Part 2
Investigates - February 04, 2022 22:30 - 23 minutesAn 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.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Men – Part 1
Investigates - January 28, 2022 22:30 - 24 minutesAPTN 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.
Next Chapters: Questionable Practice and Seeing Home
Investigates - December 03, 2021 22:30 - 24 minutesThe 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.
Nuclear Revival
Investigates - November 26, 2021 22:30 - 24 minutesAPTN 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.
Episode #6 – November 19, 2021
Investigates - November 19, 2021 22:30 - 22 minutesSexual 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 Plain Sight – Part 1
Investigates - November 12, 2021 22:30 - 24 minutesIn 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.
Disenfranchised
Investigates - October 29, 2021 21:30 - 23 minutesWhen 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.
Cindy’s Justice
Investigates - October 22, 2021 21:30 - 24 minutesThere 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 C...
The Colonial Toolkit
Investigates - October 15, 2021 21:30 - 24 minutesOn this episode of APTN Investigates: We’re exploring the tactics Indigenous peoples are using to break free from Canadian colonialism.
The Colonial Playbook
Investigates - October 08, 2021 21:30 - 24 minutesOn 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.
Refugees in our Land – Part 2
Investigates - June 04, 2021 21:30 - 23 minutesThe 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.
Refugees in our Land – Part 1
Investigates - May 28, 2021 21:30 - 24 minutesA 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.”
For Trust or Profit – Part 2
Investigates - May 21, 2021 21:30 - 23 minutesAPTN 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 h...
For Trust or Profit – Part 1
Investigates - May 14, 2021 21:30 - 23 minutesFirst 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 whe...
Homegrown – Part 2
Investigates - April 30, 2021 21:30 - 23 minutesNadine 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.
Homegrown – Part 1
Investigates - April 23, 2021 21:30 - 23 minutesWinnipeg 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.
Homegrown
Investigates - April 23, 2021 21:30 - 23 minutesWinnipeg 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.
Exploited
Investigates - April 16, 2021 21:30 - 23 minutesHuman 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
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