''APTN National News'' is a

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national news program broadcast by the

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from

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...

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, 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 including ''Investigates'' 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, and ''Nation 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 hosts ''InFocus'' and Ward also hosts ''Face-to-Face''. Todd Lamirande hosts ''Nation 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 launched ''Nouvelles Nationales d’APTN'', a weekly

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news program presented by Sophie Claude Miller. In addition to its main newsroom in Winnipeg, ''APTN National News'' has news bureaus in Halifax,

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. News and current affairs staff at APTN applied for and received union certification with the

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from the Canadian Labour Board in 2002. Unionized staff reached its first collective agreement with APTN management in April 2003. On June 8, 2012, the award-winning journalist

Karyn Pugliese Karyn Pugliese (Pabàmàdiz) is an investigative journalist who has significantly impacted Canadian journalism and press freedom, intervening in more than 3 Supreme Court cases. She is a citizen of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation in ...

was appointed as the director of news and current affairs for APTN. Pugliese previously worked as the Ottawa correspondent for ''APTN National News'' from 2000 to 2006.

History

''APTN National News'' started on a daily basis on October 28, 2002, and was hosted by Nola Wuttunee until 2006. Before the daily launch of ''APTN National News'', the newscast on APTN was called ''In-Vision News'' and was hosted by Carol Morin (2000-2001). ''In-Vision News'' began on April 16, 2000. Other previous hosts of ''APTN 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 Madeleine Allakariallak (born Resolute, Nunavut, Resolute, Nunavut) is a Canadians, Canadian Inuit, Inuk musician and television journalist. Formerly a member of the Inuit throat singing duo Tudjaat, from 2005 to 2007 she was also the host of the w ...

from 2005 to 2007 and Cheryl McKenzie from 2007 to 2009. Previous news directors have included Dan David (1999-2001), Jim Compton (2001-2002),

Rita Deverell Rita Shelton Deverell (born 1945 to Versie and Hugh Shelton) is a Canadian television broadcaster and social activist, who was one of the founders of the Canadian television channel Vision TV. She also served as news director for the Aboriginal ...

(2002-2005) and Vera Houle (2005-2011)

(2012-2019).

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