Investigates

APTN Investigates is the first Indigenous investigative news program in Canada, offering viewers hard-hitting reports and stories. Produced by award-winning journalists, APTN Investigates is committed to seeking the truth for our people.

Sacrifice Zones 06/21/2025

Sacrifice Zones 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/37138460

Cherished Woods: The Fight for Lemay 06/14/2025

Cherished Woods: The Fight for Lemay 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/37027155

Skin-Deep 06/07/2025

Skin-Deep 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/36923455

A Good Death 05/31/2025

A Good Death April Hubbard is one of thousands who have been approved for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). Her story offers a rare look at how people navigate love, loss and the deeply personal decision to end their life on their own terms. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/36825115

Unmuted 05/03/2025

Unmuted Accusations of racist bullying in government jobs. Two Indigenous men asked to sign NDAs that would silence them. Backed by a legal expert, they’re blowing the whistle and going public. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/36440490

Secrets of the Bay: Chapter 4 04/26/2025

Secrets of the Bay: Chapter 4 When two Mohawk men drowned 10 years ago today their deaths were quickly ruled accidents. But an investigation by APTN Investigates has changed that. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/36358565

Inside Policing: Watching the Watchers 04/05/2025

Inside Policing: Watching the Watchers For more than two decades, Indigenous people standing up for their rights have faced the full weight of the state’s power. From frontline clashes with specialized RCMP units, to being watched by Canada’s intelligence agency, government actions have come under scrutiny. APTN Investigates asks: who’s watching the watchers? /episode/index/show/investigates/id/36054630

Inside Policing: Essential Service 03/29/2025

Inside Policing: Essential Service Underfunded, overwhelmed, and overlooked - Indigenous police forces are in crisis. As they battle soaring crime, a worsening drug crisis, and a funding model that doesn’t recognize them as essential, APTN Investigates heads to the front lines to expose the true cost of underfunding First Nations policing. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/35915370

Inside Policing: Deadly Force 03/22/2025

Inside Policing: Deadly Force In the final months of 2024, 15 Indigenous people were killed in police altercations or died while in custody. As recent calls for a national inquiry into systemic racism in policing go unanswered, APTN Investigates the strained relationship between Indigenous people and law enforcement agencies in Canada. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/35845775

Dynamite Bay 03/02/2025

Dynamite Bay Once a thriving Ontario port, Depot Harbour was devastated by a 1945 munitions fire. Today, Wasauksing First Nation members say explosives and industrial toxins remain, while Canada delays a long-overdue cleanup. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/35520040

Something in the Water 02/23/2025

Something in the Water For more than 50 years, the people of Grassy Narrows have lived with the serious health effects of mercury contamination. Residents say their community is the target of environmental racism. Now, plans for a nearby nuclear waste facility present a new threat. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/35411910

Scanned 12/01/2024

Scanned The aim is to make communities safer. But the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act – or SCAN – is under scrutiny after being used to evict a family of 10 in the Yukon winter. Christopher Read introduces you to the woman who successfully took on SCAN in the Yukon Supreme Court. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/34252010

Their Worst Fears 11/23/2024

Their Worst Fears Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation Chief Dawna Hope guides us through an incident on her people's traditional territory. A catastrophic mining failure that caused anger and confusion across the Yukon. For some, their worst fears are realized. Story by video journalist Rob Smith. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/34144641

Time Immemorial 10/19/2024

Time Immemorial The Algonquin Nation has resided in the Ottawa River Basin since time immemorial. But the storing of nuclear waste - which will last for 15 generations - goes beyond their teaching of safeguarding the land for seven generations. Story by video journalist Tom Fennario. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/33556477

Echoes from the Drain 10/12/2024

Echoes from the Drain Charles Oudie's body was found wedged in a Vancouver storm drain in 2015. Authorities declared his death an accident before the autopsy was complete. Oudie's family still has questions. Was it an accident? Or is there something more beneath the surface? Story by reporter Brittany Guyot. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/33475107

The Great Change 10/05/2024

The Great Change With big city drug dealers moving into their communities and preying on the vulnerable, Anishinaabe from Wasauksing First Nation in Ontario begin to address the root causes of addiction that attracts them. And that begins with first speaking the truth. Story by reporter Kenneth Jackson. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/33367502

Orphans of Church and State 06/21/2024

Orphans of Church and State When 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/31872282

Some Assembly Required 06/19/2024

Some Assembly Required The 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/31811802

Secrets of the Bay - Chapter 3 06/07/2024

Secrets of the Bay - Chapter 3 In 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/31688017

Wrecking Crew 05/31/2024

Wrecking Crew Life 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/31587507

Beyond the Strip 05/10/2024

Beyond the Strip The 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/31278057

Lost Spirit 05/03/2024

Lost Spirit Stanley 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/31165007

Inside the Band Office: Stonewalled 04/19/2024

Inside the Band Office: Stonewalled Members 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/30941063

Inside the Band Office: Peters' Indian Problem 04/12/2024

Inside the Band Office: Peters' Indian Problem A 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/30830698

Jail Town 03/08/2024

Jail Town A 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/30330778

Return to Algonquin Country 03/01/2024

Return to Algonquin Country Centuries-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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/30226813

Food for Profit 02/23/2024

Food for Profit The 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/30118418

The Disappearance of Frank Gruben 12/08/2023

The Disappearance of Frank Gruben This 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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/29028738

Liquid Law 11/27/2023

Liquid Law There’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. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/28812783

Working 118th 10/27/2023

Working 118th A 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 of whom worked in the sex industry. Thirty-seven women have been found in rural areas outside of the city. The rural outskirts of the city have been referred to as the “killing fields” by sex workers and advocates alike for decades. /episode/index/show/investigates/id/28464608

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