APTN network to report latest from Standing Rock

Winnipeg, Manitoba - APTN National News will spend the next several days reporting from Standing Rock, North Dakota, where thousands of Indigenous Peoples are gathering to oppose a controversial oil pipeline.

Indigenous Peoples from across North America are camped in the area in support of efforts by the Standing Rock Sioux to block construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a project they claim is jeopardizing the sanctity of sacred tribal lands and putting at risk the safety of the Missouri River.

A federal judge is expected to render a decision today which will either block construction of the pipeline or allow it to continue. There are fears of a possible repeat of the violence that erupted this past weekend when private security guards used tear gas and attack dogs on demonstrators at the pipeline site. North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple has already announced he is mobilizing the National Guard.

Cheryl McKenzie, Co-Host of APTN National News nightly broadcast and host and producer of weekly current-affairs program In Focus, will be joining APTN’s news team already on the scene, including reporters Dennis Ward and Tamara Pimentel, as well as a crew of camera people and editors.

They will be reporting across all APTN National News platforms including Twitter, Facebook, APTN National News Homepage, as well as on-air.

Follow the story every weeknight and on Sunday evenings. For airtimes visit aptn.ca/schedule or check your local listings, or catch-up online.