InFocus Podcast
1) Decades of promises, but little action as mercury still takes lives in Grassy Narrows
Some 900 people live in Grassy Narrows and health official say 90 per cent have signs of mercury poisoning, which include vision and hearing impairment, tremors, and decreased cognitive function. T...Show More
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AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Canada's AI data centre race and how Indigenous Peoples fit in
On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens examines Canada's push to build AI data centres in the name of sovereignty. The federal government is injecting over $2 billion for national A...Show More
3) Is B.C. putting Indigenous rights on hold?
On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens examines British Columbia's plan to suspend parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). Premier of British Colum...Show More
4) The Native Extremism Program and decades of surveillance
On this episode of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens examines the RCMP's decades-long surveillance of Indigenous Peoples. A CBC Investigates report reveals how the Native Extremism Program infilt...Show More
5) Why Indigenous stories in French matter
On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens takes listeners inside a weekly APTN broadcast and the team bringing stories to French-speaking audiences across the country. APTN Nouvelles n...Show More
6) Is journalism under fire in Canada?
Protests are a familiar sight across the country and journalists are often there documenting what unfolds. But what happens when police ignore their credentials? On this episode of APTN News InFocus, ...Show More
7) Métis identity and the controversy in Ontario
On Feb. 26, APTN News hosted a panel examining Métis identity and the ongoing controversy surrounding the Métis Nation of Ontario. The discussion also explored modern treaties and self-government agre...Show More
8) Operation Nanook: Inside Canada's largest Arctic training exercise
Every winter, the Canadian Armed Forces runs Operation Nanook-Nunalivut, a military training exercise focused on Arctic defence. This year's operation was the largest to date. Up to 1,300 members were...Show More
9) Indian Day School records go digital
Canada is wrapping up its Indian Day School digitization project. Since 2022, Library and Archives Canada has digitized more than six million records from 699 Indian day schools that operated between ...Show More
10) A town in Canada where explosives were just part of growing up
APTN Investigates is going behind the scenes of its latest documentary, War on the Land. Reported by APTN Investigates journalist Kenneth Jackson, the story focuses on a former explosives plant in Nob...Show More