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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.

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25:20

War on the Land

Investigates ·

2026/02/08

Reporter Kenneth Jackson investigates a toxic legacy left by wartime government and industry in a small Ontario town, and meets a First Nation chief demanding the land back, but only after the damage is undone. APTN Investigates: War on the Land | By Kenneth Jackson • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/

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24:59

Dismantling Denialism

Investigates ·

2025/12/07

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: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/

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07:09

Rob Smith looks back on his series about...

Investigates ·

2025/11/25

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: https://youtu.be/g1CP2tyToys?si=tkyngL_cUGJzuXZk • • • APTN National News, our stories told our way. Visit our website for more: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more

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25:07

Kathleen Martens looks back at her series on the...

Investigates ·

2025/11/16

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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctuCKRSn_vE IAP

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25:11

Pipe Dreams: The Water Crisis in Nunavik

Investigates ·

2025/11/11

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: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/

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25:15

Out of the Darkness

Investigates ·

2025/11/04

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: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more

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25:04

Fields of Confinement

Investigates ·

2025/10/27

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: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/

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25:04

Secrets of the Bay – Chapter 5

Investigates ·

2025/10/18

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: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News podcasts: https://www.aptnnews.ca/podcasts/

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24:41

Justice for my Sister

Investigates ·

2025/10/13

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: https://aptnnews.ca Hear more APTN News

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48:05

Sacrifice Zones

Investigates ·

2025/06/21

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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24:58

Cherished Woods: The Fight for Lemay

Investigates ·

2025/06/14

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.

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24:58

Skin-Deep

Investigates ·

2025/06/07

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.

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25:42

A Good Death

Investigates ·

2025/05/31

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.

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24:55

Unmuted

Investigates ·

2025/05/03

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.

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25:22

Secrets of the Bay: Chapter 4

Investigates ·

2025/04/26

When two Mohawk men drowned 10 years ago today their deaths were quickly ruled accidents. But an investigation by APTN Investigates has changed that.

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24:59

Inside Policing: Watching the Watchers

Investigates ·

2025/04/05

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?

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25:40

Inside Policing: Essential Service

Investigates ·

2025/03/29

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.

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25:42

Inside Policing: Deadly Force

Investigates ·

2025/03/22

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.

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25:58

Dynamite Bay

Investigates ·

2025/03/02

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.

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25:53

Something in the Water

Investigates ·

2025/02/23

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.

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