Dismantling Denialism
Investigates
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: Hear more APTN News podcasts:
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Rob Smith looks back on his series about disappearances in the BC interior
Investigates
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: • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: Hear more APTN News podcasts:
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Kathleen Martens looks back at her series on the Independent Assessment Process
Investigates
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 IAP investigation - Originally aired Nov 28, 2011: IAP Follow-Up - Originally aired March 9, 2012: Abuse of Process - Originally aired April 19, 2013: • • • APTN National News, our stories...
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Pipe Dreams: The Water Crisis in Nunavik
Investigates
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: Hear more APTN News podcasts:
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Out of the Darkness
Investigates
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 • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: Hear more APTN News podcasts:
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Fields of Confinement
Investigates
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: Hear more APTN News podcasts:
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Secrets of the Bay – Chapter 5
Investigates
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: Hear more APTN News podcasts:
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Justice for my Sister
Investigates
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 our website for more: Hear more APTN News podcasts:
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Sacrifice Zones
Investigates
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.
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Cherished Woods: The Fight for Lemay
Investigates
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.
info_outlineJohn 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 through every crack in the justice system.