APTN News InFocus

What is a rez dog? What makes it different from other dogs?

On this episode of InFocus we shine a light on rez dogs and the shady rescue organizations removing dogs from Indigenous communities and refusing to give them back.

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on people in the eight months its had the world in its grip and First Nation, Metis and Inuit people are not excluded.

From canceled gatherings and ceremonies to feelings of panic, the grief and isolation is like nothing anyone has experienced before in this lifetime.

In our season premiere of InFocus we’re looking at the mental health and financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On the season finale of InFocus we’re discussing the importance of rez radio during this pandemic. We’ll get an update from a Brandon Manitoba couple who had their newborn taken on questionable grounds.

Later, we’ll be giving a shout-out to our 2020 grads!

With many stressed during this new normal, join us as we put pandemic grief InFocus. Later in the show, we hear from two APTN Investigates reporters on how they discovered an untold Canadian shame.

On this week’s InFocus: How COVID-19 is impacting the Navajo Nation; getting surplus food to First Nations in need; women, children and two-spirits at risk during the pandemic; an update from our doctors panel; and we meet the three Indigenous journalists who will be telling your stories in the Okanagan region.

On this week’s InFocus we have a panel of Indigenous physicians from across the country weighing in on the COVID-19 pandemic including Dr. Marlyn Cook from Misipawistik Cree Nation in Manitoba, Dr. Dan Cutfeet from Alert Bay in B.C., Dr. James Makokis from Kehewin Cree Nation in Alberta, Dr. Veronica McKinney from Northern Health Services in Saskatchewan and Dr. Lana Potts from Siksika Nation in southern Alberta.

With schools closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents have been thrust into the role of full-time teacher. On this episode of InFocus we ask how it’s going home-schooling your kids?

What tricks and resources have worked?

Imagine the COVID-19 pandemic meant you can't see your child any more.

That's the reality for many parents whose children are in foster care.

We'll talk to some including a couple who are charged with kidnapping their children from a supervised visit.

They say because they were scared to leave their children in foster care during a pandemic.

Twenty years ago this week, APTN News aired its very first newscast back then it was called InVision News.

On this episode of APTN InFocus we discuss the past two decades of the world's first national Indigenous newscast.

We're three weeks into our lockdown and while some of us are going squirrely others have found fun or productive ways to pass the time in isolation.

Today we're putting coping with COVID InFocus.

We've got some great stuff to share with you and we want to hear from you too - what are you doing to keep busy? What tips do you have for keeping the kids entertained?