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) 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
3) 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
4) Is ending drug decriminalization the right move for B.C.?
British Columbia has ended its drug decriminalization pilot program. Launched in January 2023, the exemption allowed adults to carry small amounts of certain illicit drugs in an effort to reduce stigm...Show More
5) AIM, ICE and the history of Indigenous activism in Minneapolis
Indigenous activism has long shaped Minneapolis. In 1968, the American Indian Movement was founded there, marking a turning point in the fight for Indigenous rights. More than 50 years later, AIM memb...Show More
6) Will discrimination against First Nation kids in care finally end?
It has been ten years since the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that Canada discriminated against First Nations children on reserve by underfunding child welfare services. Yet children and famili...Show More
7) How Dan David transformed Indigenous journalism
On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens honours the life and legacy of Dan David, the father of APTN. David, a Mohawk journalist, spent 45 years transforming how Indigenous stories a...Show More
8) Taken returns as search for Tanya Nepinak renews calls for justice
APTN's true crime documentary series Taken is back after a seven-year hiatus. The series first put a national spotlight on the case of Tanya Nepinak, a 31-year-old mother who went missing in Winnipeg ...Show More
9) People in Nunavik say change is needed after another police involved shooting
People in a small community in Nunavik are devastated after another shooting involving police in late December. But police shootings in the Inuit territory in northern Quebec are nothing new. Between ...Show More
10) From Trudeau's resignation to Jordan's Principle: A year in review and what lies ahead
On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens is joined by Karyn Pugliese, APTN's senior online reporter and host of Nation to Nation, and Dennis Ward, host of APTN National News and Face ...Show More