‘I was born into opposition’: Eriel Deranger talks about her roots of pushing back
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger jokes about coming up with chants and making protest signs being her…
Dennis Ward
Dennis is Métis from southern Manitoba. After spending a decade working in TV in Alberta and Ontario, Dennis returned to Manitoba to join APTN’s Winnipeg bureau as a reporter/correspondent in September 2014. In 2016, he won a Canadian Association of Journalists award for his story A Soldier Scorned for APTN Investigates. In 2017, he became a host/producer for APTN National News and Face to Face. In 2020, Dennis and co host Melissa Ridgen were nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best News Anchor, National.
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Dennis Ward APTN News All good plays ask a question according to award winning Anishinaabe…
Police and media have more work to do when covering cases of MMIWG says Bernadette Smith
Dennis Ward APTN News Growing up, Bernadette Smith never visited the Manitoba legislature. Smith didn’t…