Cierra Bettens is a reporter at Winnipeg Free Press. She is a Red River Métis journalist based in Winnipeg, with a focus on journalism, media, and pressing topics such as cannabis regulation, artificial intelligence, and climate change. Cierra's work has been featured in notable publications including Broadview Magazine and APTN News.
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Mi'kmaw lawyer Pam Palmater joins InFocus host Cierra Bettens to talk about why the second generation cutoff must come to an end.
By: Cierra Bettens
Nunavut's minister of Families and the youth and child representative join InFocus to talk about the crisis in the child welfare system.
InFocus looks back on the political events of 2025 with veteran journalists Dennis Ward and Karyn Pugliese.
By: Cierra Bettens
Jan 09, 2026 A police-involved shooting in late December in Inukjuak, Nunavik, an Inuit community of about 1,800 people located roughly
As a profession premised on holding power to account, journalism has never been without high stakes especially now.
InFocus: Is British Columbia trying to sideline Indigenous rights by suspending parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?
InFocus host Cierra Bettens talks with two researchers behind what could be behind Canada’s 'sovereign' AI plan.
The head of the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business joins InFocus host Cierra Bettens to talk about the economic advisory committee.
Amid RCMP raids on unlicensed cannabis dispensaries in Mi'kma'ki, some First Nation say changes to Canada’s Cannabis Act are needed.
A researcher says Canada's ecological footprint needs to be reigned in as the Earth struggles to provide resources.
