Opportunity for youth, or sacrifice zone? Community reaction to nuclear waste burial plan is mixed
For some in the township of Ignace, 250 km northwest of Thunder Bay, the Nuclear…
Christopher Read
Christopher is proud of his deep roots in the place we now call Winnipeg. His family tree goes back to the early days of the Red River Settlement, where his ancestors Robert Logan and a Saulteaux woman named Mary wed and produced twelve children. A graduate of Ryerson University’s journalism program, Chris also has a degree in English literature from the University of Manitoba. In 2014 Read produced the documentary Alice and Kevin - which screened at imagineNative. He started at APTN Investigates in June of 2018.
Indigenous communities courted as nuclear industry looks for place to put used fuel
In what’s referred to as “Canada’s Plan,” the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is looking…
Living in shacks and under boats – Nunavut’s billion dollar housing problem
Nunavut’s housing minister says whichever party forms the next government, the territory’s billion dollar housing…
Canada assumed Indigenous people were ‘dying out’: The on-reserve housing crisis that never ends
Just weeks after moving in, Lake St. Martin First Nation community member Bernice McKenzie began…
Trappers in Robinson Huron treaty area want aerial herbicide spraying to end
While a trial in San Francisco makes headlines around the world, a group of trappers…
Dakota Plains Wahpeton Nation wants compensation for land they purchased, but were made to give up
It’s a tale of the federal government’s dealings with an Indigenous community that goes differently…
Two men return to Ranch Ehrlo’s behaviour modification camp where they say they were mistreated as young offenders
(Guy Dumas and Richard Yarema about to embark on a trip with APTN Investigates back…