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Residential schools: How the U.S. and Canada share a troubling history

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A member of the U.S. federal cabinet says she wept when she heard news from Canada about...

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Unmarked grave findings in Canada prompt reckoning among U.S. churches

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The discoveries of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential schools for Indigenous...

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Man charged with uttering threats after comments targeting women and Winnipeg police

Police have arrested a Winnipeg man they say posted comments online that expressed contempt toward women and threatened to kill someone. Justin Peter...

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Tragic Details About Tonya Harding you dont know

Tonya Harding’s mother wasn’t the only person who allegedly abused her. In Lynda Prouse’s biography, “The Tonya Tapes,” and in a later interview...

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Sask. RCMP pilot embeds psychiatric nurses in 911 centre to handle mental health calls

Psychiatric nurses embedded inside the RCMP’s operational command centre in Regina are taking 911 calls from people in mental distress and coaching front-line officers...

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Plaque donated by residential school teacher elders say abused children removed from Sask. church

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. Elders from the Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan have succeeded in getting a...

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Evidence lost in case of soldier accused of feeding cannabis-laced cupcakes to gunners, lawyer says

Evidence in a bizarre case of a Canadian soldier accused of drugging comrades with marijuana-laced cupcakes was lost by military police, says the...

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U of T’s music program fosters culture of sexual harassment and fear, students, faculty claim

Students, faculty, staff and alumni are demanding that the University of Toronto address what they say is a toxic culture within the faculty...

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Indigenous women say dehumanizing colonial slur still being used frequently, causing harm

WARNING: This article contains a derogatory term for Indigenous women, as well stories about its impact, that some readers might find offensive or disturbing....

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Orange Shirt Day ‘not approved’ for military members honouring residential school survivors

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A top Canadian Armed Forces official last fall ordered soldiers not to wear orange to honour Indigenous...

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Be vulnerable and examine Catholic Church’s residential school past, Manitoba pastor urges

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Some Manitoba Catholics are calling on church leadership to atone for their wrongs in light of the...

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What Is The Age Difference Between Florence Pugh And Zach Braff?

In the category of “None of Your Business,” some have continuously expressed issues with Florence Pugh’s 21-year age difference with boyfriend Zach Braff...

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Did Britney Spears Really Call 911 Over Her Conservatorship?

Britney Spears called 911 the night before her court appearance, according to The New Yorker. “On the eve of the hearing, according to...

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Heil, top Canadian athletes call on federal government to improve protections for abuse victims

Canadian two-time Olympic medallist Jennifer Heil, with support from 12 Canadian Olympians and Paralympians, penned an open letter calling on Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault to improve protections...

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Alberta health minister and family swarmed by COVID protesters on Canada Day

Supporters of Calgary mayoral candidate Kevin J. Johnston, incarcerated on charges of violating public health orders and threatening Alberta Health Services staff, cornered the family...

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The Unsaid Reason Mama June Shannon Was Arrested

Before “Toddlers & Tiaras,” Mama June Shannon had some legal trouble. In a since-deleted Facebook post, Mama June said the 2008 arrest was...