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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 1d

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

APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · 1d

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?...

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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

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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

Sacrifice Zones: Life between the land and industry

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 17

Indigenous People are climbing over industry-imposed fencelines 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” to find out exactly how Indigenous rights are being upheld.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 16

The grassroots effort to save the Lemay Forest – a rich wilderness enclave with sweat lodges and a forgotten cemetery behind a former Catholic orphanage – is the focus of Cherished Woods: The Fight to Save Lemay on APTN Investigates.

Orphanage in Winnipeg's Lemay Forest claimed 3K children's lives

More than 3,000 children, including dozens of Métis children, died at an orphanage in Winnipeg's Lemay Forest.

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APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 16

Archivist Shelley Sweeney on the high death rate at an orphanage located near a forest that’s been the focus of a fight between activists and a developer.

Cherished Woods: The Fight for Lemay – Watch here: youtu.be/h0KT9zOp-dY

APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 12

Cherished Woods: The Fight for Lemay - Watch June 14

APTN Investigates @aptninvestigates.bsky.social · Jun 12

Journalist Christopher Read looks into the recent battle over Lemay Forest and the mystery surrounding unmarked graves at the site.

Activists spent months trying to protect the land from development before Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew stepped in at the last minute.

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