APTN News InFocus

In the city of Winnipeg, the number of missing person incidents has been rising in recent years. In 2017, there was nearly 11,000 incidents of missing persons reported. Many of those missing person cases are running away from Child and Family Services facilities according to the Winnipeg Police Service.

In this episode of InFocus, host Dennis Ward sits down with experts to discuss how to keep kids safe.

Kinder Morgan was under fire from major shareholders calling for more transparency and better environmental practices. 

The leader of Tiny House Warriors, Kanahus Manuel, 350.org's Clayton Thomas Muller and Stephen Buffalo of the Indian Resource Council join host Dennis Ward to discuss the pros and cons of the proposed expansion.

On this episode, we put the pending legalization of recreational cannabis InFocus with Sinclair, Indigenous Roots Vice President Michael Fontaine, Mohawk cannabis and sovereignty advocate, Clifton Nicolas and APTN Investigates reporter Melissa Ridgen, whose documentary “Legal Weed” debuts on March 23, 2018.

The decision by the Saskatchewan Crown attorney not to appeal the acquittal of Gerald Stanley, policing in Thunder Bay and a possible extension for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls were all up for discussion on this episode of InFocus.

The #NoDAPL movement has now spread to fight other pipeline projects like Enbridge’s Line 3 and Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion.

Iron Eyes, a former United States Congressional candidate, award winning journalist Jenni Monet and Indigenous activist Clayton Thomas Muller join host Dennis Ward on InFocus to discuss the legacy of the movement and the gathering in Standing Rock, one year after the camps were closed by law enforcement.

The acquittal of Raymond Cormier is still fresh in the minds of many who were hoping for justice for Tina Fontaine and there are still a lot of questions on what will happen next.

We put the Raymond Cormier trial and legacy of Tina Fontaine InFocus with Manitoba MLA Bernadette Smith, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Sheila North and advocate and activist Pam Palmater.

Award winning filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin joins host Dennis Ward on this episode of InFocus to speak at depth of her beginnings, her career and why she isn’t stopping anytime soon.

After the verdict of the Gerald Stanley trial and the rallies that followed across the country, Dennis Ward is joined by activist Erica Violet Lee and columnist Doug Cuthand.

Also the Chair of Indigenous studies at the University of Winnipeg Jacquline Romanow and a founder of the Facebook page “Farmers with Firearms” join the discussion to put the trial and rural racism InFocus.

It’s a proposed $800-million dollar settlement for Indigenous children who were ripped from their homes and families during the 60s Scoop. But the Metis and non-status were left out of the agreement and many survivors are not happy with the proposed settlement.

Doucette, his daughter Kyra Wilson and Duane Morrisseau-Beck of the National Indigenous Survivors of Child Welfare Network share their experiences and concerns of the proposed compensation package as we put the Metis 60s Scoop InFocus.

With sports fans all over the world gearing up for the 2018 winter Olympics, InFocus had the conversation about Indigenous in sport.

Our guest host Bruce Spence spoke with our guests Philip Paul-Martin of Native Hockey News, Trevor Phillips of the University of Manitoba and Tara Garrioch, sister to women’s hockey player Brigette Lacquette.