Oct 26, 2018
Kenneth Jackson, a former Ottawa Sun crime reporter trying his hand as a freelancer, got the box. In it were documents with politicians' names, someone who had a personal connection to the prime minister and a mass of information about First Nations water.
Jackson put the box in the trunk of his car and drove to...
Oct 19, 2018
Todd Lamirande had been at APTN for only a year when he transferred to BC to open the Vancouver bureau – located in his one bedroom apartment. Shortly thereafter, the police illegally seized his car and his tapes.
It was a precarious start, but so began an 18-year career at APTN, and Lamirande – who never wanted to...
Oct 12, 2018
For a long time Paul Barnsley was the only investigative journalist on the Native beat, and today he remains one of the most respected journalists among Indigenous people in Canada. In Through the Looking Glass he talks about his career and offers wisdom from his own experience to non-Aboriginal reporters breaking in on...
Oct 4, 2018
Award-winning Cheryl McKenzie, known as the face of APTN for more than a decade speaks about her career, a breakthrough story that saved dozens of lives, and the of launch Investigative journalism by Indigenous peoples – a first in the world. It’s part of a series of interviews celebrating the 10th anniversary of...