Episodes
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.
Published 10/19/24
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.
Published 10/12/24
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.
Published 10/05/24
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.
Published 06/21/24
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.
Published 06/19/24
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.
Published 06/07/24
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.
Published 05/31/24
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.
Published 05/10/24
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.
Published 05/03/24
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.
Published 04/19/24
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.
Published 04/12/24
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.
Published 03/08/24
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.
Published 03/01/24
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.
Published 02/23/24
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.
Published 12/08/23
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.
Published 11/27/23
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...
Published 10/27/23
After 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.
Published 10/20/23
There 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 truths.
Published 10/13/23
Two 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.
Published 10/06/23
The 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?
Published 05/26/23
The 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.
Published 05/19/23
Two 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 their stolen children.
Published 05/12/23
If 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.
Published 05/05/23