They 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 Within.

For 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 the most part – for nearly 30 years.

John 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.

Although 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 corrections facilities to see what’s really behind the overrepresentation of Indigenous Peoples in Canada’s justice system. See the four-part series here: aptnnews.ca/insidecorrections

There'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.

It 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 generations.

Marilyn 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 have frozen her out. Denouncing her claims as false. Her story is one of genocide, identity and baskets.

Violence 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.

Nuxalk 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.

APTN 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.

In 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.

This 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.

We 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 Magazine, The University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria to help tell the stories of climate disaster survivors from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

There 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.

For 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.

APTN 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.

Last 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.

Three 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 putting their bodies on the line.

The 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-opened? APTN Investigates finds the answers.

Crime 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 in February 2022 that Ottawa’s First Nation Policing Program is discriminatory in its funding. APTN Investigates explores how a provincial police transition and the recent CHRT ruling could affect two...

Cree-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 keepers and family providers. APTN Investigates met with the family and visited the backroads that many say are scary for Indigenous people.

An 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.

APTN 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.

The 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.

APTN 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.