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Lac La Ronge Indian Band begins search for residential school graves, with ‘a lot of work ahead’
WARNING: This story contains distressing details The Lac La Ronge Indian Band has become the latest First Nation in Saskatchewan to begin searching...
Ontario’s hair school standards still ignore Black hair 4 years after work began to include it
Deanne Simms remembers walking into a salon as a teen and being met by a woman who was frantically running toward her from...
Residential school survivors demand Sask. court release Catholic compensation document
A Roman Catholic Church document claiming the church provided $25 million of “in-kind services” to residential school survivors is sitting inside a Regina courthouse, but officials are refusing...
These adventure cats bring joy to their owners — and social media followers
Canadians have embraced the outdoors in droves over the past year-and-a-half due to pandemic-related lockdowns — and their fluffy, tree-climbing, bird-watching feline companions have been tagging along....
Cord Blood Bank of Canada owner claims in lawsuit all samples destroyed 3 years ago, but hasn’t told clients
A Toronto company that was paid to store potentially life-saving stem cells from the children of roughly 3,000 clients across Canada is now...
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...
Long waits for Toronto-area nursing homes geared to cultural groups reflect need for more of them, report says
Lily Wong was admitted to the Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto at age 88, several years after she had a...
Village of Tatamagouche, N.S., rallies around homeless family to build them a house
Residents of a village in Colchester County, N.S., have rallied around a family who became homeless earlier this year — with the goal of building them...
Yukon becomes 3rd Canadian jurisdiction to reach deal on child-care funding
The Yukon government became the third jurisdiction in Canada to make a deal with the federal government on child care on Friday. Deputy...
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...
‘Miss the drumbeat’: the return of powwow season welcomed by First Nations
Under the early evening sun, dancers from across Canada and the United States filed onto the powwow grounds at Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation...
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...
Fully vaccinated tourists will soon be able to visit Canada again
The federal government announced today it plans to let fully vaccinated tourists visit Canada again soon. Ottawa now says that — starting Aug....
Calgary Stampede rodeo goes ahead, as nearby horse races cancel due to smoke
Two horse-racing events were cancelled in southern Alberta on Sunday to protect the animals from severe wildfire smoke that had pushed the region’s...
Search underway for unmarked graves at former Delmas Indian Residential School site in Sask.
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A weekend of searching for unmarked graves is now underway at the site of the former Delmas...
Already battered by drought, Manitoba cattle farmers could face even worse conditions
Jason Bednarek has never seen drought this bad in Manitoba’s Interlake region, and midway into July, the third-generation farmer is already racked with worries about what he’ll...
