The 2025 Manitoba wildfires devastated many communities – including one in danger of falling through jurisdictional cracks.

Tamara Pimentel travels to the small northern town of Leaf Rapids to assess the damage as community members are left sifting through the ashes.

APTN Investigates: Ashes to Ashes by Tamara Pimentel

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For 45 years a tiny remote First Nation has been at odds with a conservation group to get land back it believes was illegally appropriated in the 1800s.

Members of the Dzawada'enux First Nation believe Nature Trust of BC puts the wellbeing of Grizzly Bears over the needs of their people. They say it's a dispute that may lead to direct action if a solution is not found.

APTN Investigates: A Kingcome's Ransom by Rob Smith

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After winning a million dollars on a scratch ticket, Joshua Saulteaux vanished from his family's property in Alberta. Blood was found inside his trailer, but no trace of him has ever been recovered.

Investigators say he walked away into the night, but his family believes something far more troubling happened.

APTN Investigates: Into the Night by Brittany Guyot

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Reporter Kenneth Jackson investigates a toxic legacy left by wartime government and industry in a small Ontario town, and meets a First Nation chief demanding the land back, but only after the damage is undone.

APTN Investigates: War on the Land | By Kenneth Jackson

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In Canada, the histories of residential school survivors are being challenged by a surge of denialism. Dismantling Denialism confronts those attempts to rewrite history — and explores what it will take to defend truth and reconciliation.

APTN Investigates: Dismantling Denialism | By Christopher Read

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This week on APTN Investigates Retrospectives, we look back at DARK VALLEY—Holly Moore and Rob Smith's 2018 story on a series of disappearances in the BC interior.

With multiple updates since the story first aired, Rob Smith joins host Brittany Guyot to talk about what it was like on the ground.

Dark Valley | Originally aired October 19, 2018: https://youtu.be/g1CP2tyToys?si=tkyngL_cUGJzuXZk

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In a special edition of APTN Investigates Retrospectives, recently-retired APTN reporter Kathleen Martens looks back at her groundbreaking series on the Independent Assessment Process (IAP).

Martens spoke with many residential school survivors who felt that they were once again being taken advantage of – and sought accountability at the highest levels of Canadian bureaucracy.

Complaints lead to IAP investigation - Originally aired Nov 28, 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctuCKRSn_vE

IAP Follow-Up - Originally aired March 9, 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5LqOCccqQ

Abuse of Process - Originally aired April 19, 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJk0zcTuKpE

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The population of Puvirnituq, QC is booming… but their water infrastructure is breaking. For years the Inuit community in Nunavik has had water shortages, and documents obtained by APTN Investigates show that a permanent solution might be a pipe dream.

Pipe Dreams: The Water Crisis in Nunavik | By Tom Fennario

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APTN Investigates video journalist Rob Smith travels home to Kingcome Inlet, BC to explore how his family dealt with a year of grief and loss.

What he found was a resilient clan determined to stick together through love and culture in the face of tragedies and decades of compounding trauma.

A path towards healing, out of the darkness.

APTN Investigates: Out of the Darkness | By Rob Smith

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Prisoners across Canada are producing goods for crown corporations and more recently, for public consumption. Experts warn the true cost of this labour goes far beyond dollars, raising difficult questions about dignity, rehabilitation and justice.

APTN Investigates: Fields of Confinement | By Brittany Guyot

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