New case worker assigned to Brandon couple battling for return of son from child protection
A Brandon couple in a battle with a Manitoba child welfare agency for taking their…
Melissa Ridgen
Melissa is a proud Red River Métis and award-winning journalist who has spent more than 24 years covering crime, courts, politics, business and entertainment for newspapers in four provinces.
She then joined APTN Investigates in 2009 and APTN National News in 2018 and in that time has garnered numerous awards and nominations including from the World Indigenous Television Broadcasters Network (2013), Canadian Association of Journalists (2016, 2019) and Canadian Screen Awards (2018, 2019).
Couple’s bid to get back infant son apprehended after birth alert has been delayed
A couple hoping a week-long trial would end their bitter battle with a Manitoba child…
Hundreds in Winnipeg bid farewell to Inuk pop sensation Kelly Fraser
The song that shone the international spotlight on her featured prominently at a Winnipeg vigil…
Coping with the climate crisis: putting global health InFocus
InFocus There’s been a shift in language from global warming to climate change to climate…
‘What are they going to do next’: Membertou fishers worried after lobster traps targeted, boat set ablaze
Membertou fishers catching lobsters off-season on a Feast-Social-Ceremonial (FSC) licence, say they’ve lost $10,000 worth…
Muslim youth educated about reconciliation on heels of London, Ontario school tensions
InFocus Imam Abd Alfatah Twakkal isn’t wrong when he says high school can be a…
Housing crisis not fixable under current model, but can be made worse with bad government
InFocus Sylvia Olsen has a grim distinction. “How many 64 year old white women know…
Devastated parents say incentivized apprehensions need to stop in Manitoba
A Brandon Manitoba family, who is in a bitter battle with Michif Child and Family…
B.C. family questions visitation schedule imposed on Baby H
A supervised visitation schedule obtained by APTN News and imposed on a British Columbia couple…