Investigates

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.…

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.