2017
Survivors, community honour 751 unmarked graves at Sask. residential school site with vigil
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Seven-hundred and fifty-one lights spanned the entirety of the unmarked graves discovered on Cowessess First Nation in...
Former CEO of Aga Khan Museum to lead Canadian Museum of History
Henry Kim, the former director of the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, has been chosen to be the new chief executive officer for...
Inside Drew Peterson’s Life Today
Despite his notoriety and the media storm surrounding his trial, Drew Peterson has remained surprisingly quiet since his 2012 conviction. What we do...
False sightings, reports of gunfire: Court documents reveal details of RCMP response to N.S. mass shooting
The first RCMP officers to arrive in Portapique, N.S., during last year’s shooting rampage thought they had spotted the gunman, but learned hours later...
MP Yasmin Ratansi found in conflict of interest over employing foster sister
Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has found MP Yasmin Ratansi violated the Conflict of Interest Act while a Liberal by furthering her family member’s...
Tŝilhqot’in Nation slams ‘failure’ to condemn B.C. lawyer for misconduct on residential school file
The head of the Tŝilhqot’in National Government says the body governing B.C.’s law profession has failed to “appropriately condemn” a lawyer who hired...
How the COVID-19 pandemic lowered life expectancy in Canada last year
COVID-19 deaths led to a five-month decrease in life expectancy at birth last year, recent data released by Statistics Canada suggest, potentially putting the...
When, where and how to see the June 10 annular solar eclipse
Just two weeks after the total lunar eclipse, there’s another celestial event on the horizon — but this time involving the sun. On Thursday,...
Speakers denounce anti-Muslim hate at vigil for family killed in attack
Fourteen-year-old Hateem Amin was determined to attend the outdoor vigil in London, Ont., to honour her 15-year old friend Yumna Afzaal and three family members who were run down and...
‘He just felt hopeless,’ widow says after partner went to hospital 3 times in 24 hours before his death
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The wife of an Indigenous man from Alberta says a B.C. hospital failed to treat him last...
Renewed calls for Pope to visit Sask. to apologize for residential schools after 2017 effort failed
For a brief period in 2016, Chief Felix Thomas allowed himself to believe that Pope Francis would come to Saskatchewan. “We were very...
Verdict expected in trial of 2 former Hamilton medics accused in teen’s death
An Ontario Superior Court judge is expected to render his verdict today in the trial of two former Hamilton paramedics accused of not properly caring...
Nursing homes with repeated violations continue to break law, despite Ontario’s promise to crack down
Ontario long-term care homes continue to break the law without facing serious penalties, with egregious consequences for seniors in the province. “We need...
Mi’kmaw chief sees better future through MMIWG action plan
Spurred on by the pain from her own family tragedy, Annie Bernard-Daisley has spent the past few years fighting for justice for Indigenous...
Instructions for outfitting an RCMP car were left on federal website after Nova Scotia attacks in 2020
More than a year after a gunman’s lookalike RCMP car helped him move through Nova Scotia undetected and kill 22 people, federal officials...
Partially paralyzed Indigenous man left in wheelchair he can’t operate outside Toronto ER files complaint
It felt like –7 C outside when Charles Hussin found himself kicked out of a downtown Toronto hospital’s emergency department in January and...
