
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.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 100 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Society & CultureNewsPolitics | |||

Their sentences may be over, but their struggle is just beginning.
Tamara Pimentel takes a closer look at the daunting reality Indigenous women face after leaving Manitoba corrections, where support can be hard to find and starting over is anything... more
Dawn Carisse spent a decade inside Ontario's North Bay Psychiatric Hospital before vanishing in 2001.
Newly uncovered records show what happened behind closed doors and reveal troubling gaps in care.
Carisse is one of six patients who remain miss... more
The 1862 smallpox epidemic devastated B.C.'s Indigenous population, killing an estimated 20,000 people.
Historical accounts now suggest the death toll was much higher – and spread intentionally.
APTN Investigates: Weapon of Genocide by Rob Smith.... more
In 1990, the world watched Kanesatake fight for sovereignty against the Canadian military.
Today, a new battle is unfolding in plain sight. With biker gangs exploiting legal grey zones, who is left to protect the community?
APTN Investigates: Dev... more
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Investigative journalism centered on Indigenous communities and the institutions, policies and businesses that affect them. Reports combine firsthand accounts, on-the-ground interviews, archival records and expert analysis to examine issues including land rights, policing, health, infrastructure, environmental harm and the legacy of colonial policies. Some installments revisit major events and earlier investigations, tracing their continuing effects and the questions of accountability they leave unresolved.
Regular contributors include Josh Grummet, Brittany Guyot and Josh Crumitt, with reporting shaped by community members, Indigenous leaders, journalists, historians, researchers and legal experts. The focus on Indigenous perspectives, pa... more
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Recent guests on Investigates include:
1. Otesa Lansley
2. John Sampson Fellows
3. Kim Diamond
4. Sheila Rae Nasacapo
5. Sandra McNeil
6. Ellen White
7. Darlene Gingra
8. Francis Lecise
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