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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · 2d

Rose Caesar was 15 years old when her cousin Ann Mary Dick was killed in 1963.

A story, she says, is all too familiar in the Kaska Dena settlement of Upper Liard, Yukon.

Justice for my Sister – Watch Saturday.

APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · 2d

A man confessed. A trial was held. But he was found not guilty on a technicality.

More than 50 years later, her family is still seeking answers and justice.

Here’s a preview - full episode Saturday.

APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · 2d

In Justice for my Sister, video journalist Tamara Pimentel uncovers shocking details in the decades-old death of a young Kaska woman.

Ann Mary Dick was just 18 years old when she was killed in the small community of Upper Liard, Yukon.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · 3d

Darlene Jimmy holds a framed sketch of her mother, Tootsie Jimmy-Charlie, whose body was found in a landfill in 1967. It’s the only image of Tootsie the family still has. The RCMP have apologized for mishandling the investigation into Tootsie’s death.

Justice for my Sister – Watch Saturday.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · 4d

For decades, the story of Ann Mary Dick’s death has been kept quiet in the community of Upper Liard, Yukon. As her sister Maryann Dick uncovers the details, she learns how an inadequate investigation robbed the family of justice.

Justice for my Sister – Watch Saturday.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · 5d

APTN Investigates: Justice for my Sister | By Tamara Pimentel - Airing Saturday, October 11, 2025

APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · 5d

The 1963 rape and murder of 18-year-old Ann Mary Dick devastated the small Kaska community of Upper Liard, Yukon.

Now, more than five decades later, her siblings are seeking justice over the RCMP’s mishandling of the investigation and that of another historic death in the region.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jul 9

APTN Investigates: Sacrifice Zones - Watch: youtu.be/QeNaT2GMpTM?...

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jul 9

CJ Smith-White knows firsthand the impacts of living near plastic-producing industry.

When it comes to issues on plastics, Smith-White believes that looking at the whole life cycle of plastics isn’t just important, it’s necessary.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jul 7

Recognizing that she is preparing to bring these critical issues to the global stage, advocating for a plastics treaty that recognizes, upholds, and protects Indigenous rights.

APTN Investigates: Sacrifice Zones - Watch the full episode: youtu.be/QeNaT2GMpTM?...

APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jul 7

Lynn Jacobs is dedicated to examining how plastic affects Indigenous peoples at every stage – from extraction of fossil fuels to microplastic pollution.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 25

With microplastics emerging as a concern for communities across Treaty 3, she sees past stories of environmental injustices as powerful tools for protecting the land and the people.

APTN Investigates: Sacrifice Zones - Watch here: youtu.be/QeNaT2GMpTM

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 25

Crystal Harrison Collin’s granddaughter was diagnosed Blastomycosis, a lung infection she believes was caused by the land being disturbed.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 20

And with negotiations on the horizon, Smith-White says they will be continuing to advocate for a strong plastics treaty, “because it affects everybody, whether you know it or not”.

APTN Investigates: Sacrifice Zones - Watch June 21 on APTN.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 20

For the past three years, CJ Smith-White has served as Chair of the Environmental Committee, advocating on behalf of environmental justice for Aamjiwnaang.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 20

Indigenous People are climbing over industry-imposed fence lines to raise concerns about the lack of inclusion in addressing plastic pollution.

In a special hour-long episode, APTN Investigates takes a microscopic look at “sacrifice zones”.

Watch here: youtu.be/QeNaT2GMpTM

Sacrifice Zones: Life between the land and industry

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 20

Sacrifice Zones have been described as a place where government and industry have determined a place and the people living there are disposable, reports @tomfennario.bsky.social and @angela-belleau.bsky.social

People in communities talk about living in what are called Sacrifice Zones - where the land meets industry in Canada.

www.aptnnews.ca

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 20

This week on a special hour-long episode of APTN Investigates, the team takes a microscopic look at how Indigenous rights are being upheld.

Here’s a preview of Sacrifice Zones – airing June 21 on APTN.

APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 20

The plastic crisis goes beyond litter.

From toxic fumes to microplastics, Indigenous Peoples are raising the alarm about the potential dangers of global plastic pollution.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 19

Along with other Indigenous People from around the world, she has been attending global negotiations to ensure that Indigenous Rights are being acknowledged and upheld, not tokenized.

APTN Investigates: Sacrifice Zones - Watch June 21 on APTN.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 19

Aakaluk Adrienne Blatchford is part of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Plastics.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 19

Although water quality has always been a concern, microplastics as an emerging contaminant is something he worries about.

APTN Investigates: Sacrifice Zones - Watch June 21 on APTN

APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 19

Dave Skead is the Cultural Coordinator with Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation, where fishing is deeply rooted in the community’s identity and way of life.

Skead is concerned about microplastics as an emerging contaminant, believing they pose a threat to health of water, fish, and Anishinaabe people.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 17

Sacrifice Zones - Watch June 21 at 6:30 p.m. ET on APTN.