Cowesses identifies 300 of 751 unmarked graves
Chief of First Nation in Saskatchewan calls it ‘validating’
Kathleen Martens
Award-winning reporter Kathleen Martens covers western and northern Canada for aptnnews.ca. A veteran of the Brandon Sun, Sun Media and APTN Investigates, she is based in APTN’s head office, specializing in stories about property, women’s rights and community.
Lack of staff, federal bureaucracy hurt day schools, students: Documents
Indigenous communities had no say in content of day school curriculum: Documents
‘Use his constable’: Indian agents relied on police to get kids into day schools
Indian Agents imposed government policy on First Nations and wielded power over education, too.
200 students died at 46 day schools in Canada, federal documents reveal
APTN News obtained hundreds of pages about day schools operating between 1916 and 1996.
Judge signs off on residential school day scholars settlement
The claims process should open by early December.
Toronto police lay 9 charges against Peter Nygard
Two Indigenous women among 30 alleged Canadian victims
APTN Investigates presents retrospective to honour residential school survivors on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
In this APTN Investigates special presentation, reporter Kathleen Martens revisits her award-winning documentary to explore…
‘A case of potential wrongful conviction’: retired judges lobby for release of First Nations sisters
A cousin confessed to the crime they’ve served 28 years for.
36-day federal election does little to change makeup of Parliament
A number of Indigenous MPs were elected in country’s 44th general election