After 35 years of journalism, retirement hasn't come easy to award winning reporter Kathleen Martens. She still receives calls from people asking her to write stories.

On this week's episode of Face to Face, she talks with Dennis Ward about retirement, journalism and how the APTN newsroom differs from others she worked at during her career.

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It's been almost one year since he was first elected as a Conservative member of Parliament and Billy Morin is ready to talk.

In his first appearance on APTN News since becoming an MP, there was plenty to discuss; floor crossings, efforts to end the second-generation cut-off, Alberta separatism and what he would like to accomplish in the House of Commons.

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On this episode of Face to Face: Kim Wheeler

Kim Wheeler is a writer-producer who previously won a 2025 Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Entertainment Special for her work writing the show, Words and Culture.

The show airs on nearly 100 campus and community radio stations and Sirius XM and weaves conversations with Indigenous language with music by Indigenous artists.

She joins Dennis Ward to speak on the upcoming third season of the show and her history with journalism.

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On this episode of Face to Face: Joséphine Bacon

Through her poetry, Joséphine Bacon carries the voices of her elders and the stories of the land.

Bacon is internationally acclaimed and she is a leading voice in contemporary Indigenous literature.

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On this episode of Face to Face: Scott McLeod

The opposition was loud when the Canadian government announced Bill C-5 and Ontario announced Bill 5.

Both legislations were sold as a way to reduce red tape and streamline processes to get shovels in the ground for major resource extraction and infrastructure projects.

However, many First Nations leaders feel the legislation weakens environmental protections, infringes on First Nations' rights and gives unprecedented decision-making powers to politicians.

Scott McLeod, the Lake Huron regional chief for the Anishinabek Nation, has been a vocal critic of the legislation from the onset.

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On this episode of Face to Face: Diane Roussin

Diane Roussin is the project director of the Winnipeg Boldness Project. She's been using the project to try and figure out how to create better, healthier communities for children and families in Winnipeg's North End.

The project allows Roussin to speak directly with children and their families to figure out issues in programs and services they use to see what can be done to better these systems for families.

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For a generation of viewers, Nelson Bird was a mainstay on CTV News in Saskatchewan.

Bird started his career in 1998 as a video journalist, producer and host of Indigenous Circle before becoming the assignment editor at CTV News Regina.

He is now educating the next generation of Indigenous journalists at the First Nations University of Canada.

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Nearly 33,000 people were forced from their homes in Manitoba due to wildfires in the spring and summer of 2025; the majority of them were from northern First Nations.

The risk to life, property and the land is increasing as wildfires become more frequent in the province, but that hasn't translated into better planning and coordination for evacuations, says Garrison Settee.

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On this episode of Face to Face: North Wind Standing Woman Isabel Daniels

Isabel Daniels is from Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba and has been advocating for murdered and missing Indigenous Peoples for the past 14 years.

She is an MMIWG2S family member and a survivor of human trafficking and childhood sexual exploitation. Isabel also helped create Velma's House in Winnipeg, the only designated 24/7 safe space for vulnerable and exploited women.

With a background in social work and trauma therapy, she now advocates for murdered and missing Indigenous men and boys.

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On this episode of Face to Face: Ross 'Memphis' Pambrun

One of the hardest things about growing up as a self-described "army brat" is having to start over with new friends in a new community says Ross 'Memphis' Pambrun.

Pambrun is quick to tell people "he's living his best life" and when people ask him how they too can live their best life, he tells them that's for you to discover.

The Métis business leader is a musician, decorated fire captain, podcaster, sought-after speaker and one of the hosts of the television series Red River Gold, which airs on APTN.

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