Melissa Ridgen
Melissa is a proud Red River Metis 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).
APTN Investigates- Where There’s Smoke
Melissa Ridgen APTN Investigates A gas bar/smoke shop intended to generate revenue on Manitoba’s Roseau…
Nelson legacy questioned by Roseau council on eve of re-election
Home community wants Ottawa to intervene in gas bar dispute
Good Samaritans aid Sandy Bay in housing crisis
“You know what? Every family should have a warm Christmas.”
Manitoba government questions value of Special Advisor on Indigenous Women’s Issues position
Manitoba’s new government isn’t rushing to fill a job that became a support for families of MMIWG
Sandy Bay mother meets the man building her a new home for free
Melissa Ridgen APTN National News A Sandy Bay mother of seven has had less than…
Toronto businessman moved by video arranges new home for Sandy Bay First Nation family
Toronto businessman reacts to seeing dilapidated home on Sandy Bay First Nation.
aptn Investigates: Then The Mercury Hit
Melissa Ridgen looks into the devastating effects of mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows, an Ontario First Nation.
Embattled trash collection company to be dumped
Melissa Ridgen APTN Investigates The company at the centre of an APTN investigation for its…