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APTN National News is aCanadian television national news program broadcast by theAboriginal Peoples Television Network fromWinnipeg,Manitoba, Canada.
The program produces a single half hour of news each day, broadcasts at 6 and 11:30 p.m. Eastern Time nightly, as well as various specialty programs includingInvestigates on Mondays and Fridays,Laughing Drum, a half hour talk show where comedians review the headlines of the week,Face-to-Face, a long form interview show,InFocus an hour long live interactive talk show, andNation to Nation, a show examining the political relationship between First Peoples and Canada. Each day there are also short headline news updates on the hour during the afternoon.
The daily newscast's current presenters are Dennis Ward and Melissa Ridgen. Ridgen also hostsInFocus and Ward also hostsFace-to-Face.Todd Lamirande hostsNation to Nation.Investigates has no single overall host, but has reports filed by all members of APTN's news team.
In 2019, the news division also launchedNouvelles Nationales d’APTN, a weeklyFrench language news program presented by Sophie Claude Miller.[1]
In addition to its main newsroom in Winnipeg,APTN National News has news bureaus inHalifax,Montreal,Ottawa,Toronto,Thunder Bay,Saskatoon,Edmonton,Calgary,Vancouver,Iqaluit,Yellowknife andWhitehorse.
News and current affairs staff at APTN applied for and received union certification with theCanadian Media Guild from theCanadian Labour Board in 2002. Unionized staff reached its first collective agreement with APTN management in April 2003.
On June 8, 2012, the award-winning journalistKaryn Pugliese was appointed as the director of news and current affairs for APTN. Pugliese previously worked as the Ottawa correspondent forAPTN National News from 2000 to 2006.[2]
APTN National News started on a daily basis on October 28, 2002, and was hosted by Nola Wuttunee until 2006. Before the daily launch ofAPTN National News, the newscast on APTN was calledIn-Vision News and was hosted byCarol Morin (2000-2001).In-Vision News began on April 16, 2000. Other previous hosts ofAPTN National News include Donna Smith (2006-2008), Holly Bernier (2008-2009), Todd Lamirande (2008-2010), Patrice Mousseau (2009-2010) and Dana Foster (2011).
APTN National News Contact was hosted by Rick Harp from 2000 to 2005,Madeleine Allakariallak from 2005 to 2007 andCheryl McKenzie from 2007 to 2009.
Previous news directors have included Dan David (1999-2001), Jim Compton (2001-2002),Rita Deverell (2002-2005) and Vera Houle (2005-2011)Karyn Pugliese (2012-2019).
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