APTN News InFocus

For 13 seasons APTN Investigates has been bringing you stories that go above and beyond what makes the news headlines each day.

On this episode, they're teaming up with InFocus to bring you updates on some of your favourite episodes over the past decade.

We’re a few weeks away from Christmas and whether you celebrate or not, many of us partake in the spirit of gift-giving this time of year…

So today we are helping you out - we have done the scouting for you and have a gift list 2021 to put InFocus for you.

We’re putting comfort food InFocus. Melissa Ridgen is sitting down with 13-year-old Brandon Charlebois who spends his weekends cooking for the less fortunate and we learn how to cook Arctic char from Inuit chef Trudy Metcalfe-Coe.

Did you know our ancestors invented sunglasses, rubber, suspension bridges and much more? On this episode of InFocus we’re talking to innovators who are carrying on the tradition.

Later in the show we’ll look at your reaction to the controversial “Tomahawk chop.”

On this episode of InFocus we’re looking at the fascinating story of Renee Acoby, we’ll discuss the supposed ending of birth alerts in Manitoba and also, a look at the reaction to the Pope announcing a “reconciliation” tour in Canada.

Silica sand and peat moss – On this episode of InFocus we’re looking at the companies looking to extract those resources and the groups opposing them, fearing the environmental impact.

We’ll also open up Saskatchewan’s plans to build a bigger remand centre.

According to a new forecast from the Royal Bank of Canada, the number of Indigenous business owners is growing at five times the rate of self-employed Canadians. It’s a $30-billion economy now according to RBC and forecast to triple to $100-billion by 2025.

What sort of businesses are in? All of them – from retail to real estate. Several Indigenous entrepreneurs who took the plunge into the business world join InFocus to share their success stories.

We’re unpacking the historical and current effects of colonialism in Canada. On our latest episode, host Melissa Ridgen sits down with APTN Investigates producer Robert J. Ballantyne to discuss, The Colonial Playbook. We’ll also discuss what comes next, ahead of the second half of the investigation, The Colonial Toolkit.

What does reconciliation mean to you? On the season premiere of InFocus host Melissa Ridgen is discussing the grief felt by Indigenous people everywhere and the awakening of non-Indigenous Canadians to the true impacts of residential schools.

It’s the season finale of InFocus and we’re leaving you on a happy note! If you are a bride-to-be, this show is for you.

Get your notepad out for some inspiration… We’re marrying culture and tradition into weddings.