Open For Business
A Mi’kmaq First Nation has gone from depending on government hand outs to being the…
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).
Rags and Riches
Melissa Ridgen digs into a wildly successful Aboriginal-owned investment group, Tribal Councils Investment Group. It…
Credit card proves extravagant spending at now-broke Aboriginal-owned investment company
MELISSA RIDGEN APTN Investigates An Aboriginal-owned investment group that was supposed to help end poverty…
Manitoba Tory fired after supporting inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women
A Manitoba Tory staffer has been fired after writing on his blog that he supports an inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women.
The politics of being Aboriginal Part I
For the first time, a polling firm has surveyed First Nations and Metis people to find out their support for various political parties.
The politics of being Aboriginal Part II
A Winnipeg research firm has broken new ground.
The politics of being Aboriginal Part III
For the first time, a polling firm has surveyed First Nations and Metis people to find out their support for various political parties.