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Why criminal charges for deaths at residential schools would be unprecedented — and enormously complex
Cowessess Chief Cadmus Delorme said he is treating the site of 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School “like a crime scene.”...
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...
Calls to ‘Cancel Canada Day’ draw mixed reaction
Findings at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that indicate the remains of an estimated 215 children could be buried...
Saskatoon Catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The doors of a Roman Catholic cathedral in downtown Saskatoon were splattered with paint Thursday afternoon after...
What the TRC report tells us about the Marieval Indian Residential School
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The Marieval Indian Residential School operated on the windswept plains of Saskatchewan, about...
Priest under fire after sermon on the ‘good done’ by Catholic church on residential schools
A Mississauga, Ont., priest is under fire after a sermon referencing the “good done” by the Roman Catholic Church in residential schools, saying some...
Sask. First Nation announces discovery of 751 unmarked graves
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The Cowessess First Nation announced a preliminary finding Thursday of 751 unmarked graves at...
Quebec government, Catholic oblates still haven’t delivered key residential school records
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. As First Nations in Quebec plan possible searches of former residential school sites,...
The news from Kamloops shook this country. Will it change anything?
“Canadians are waking up,” Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde told Rosemary Barton Live this weekend. “Governments are waking up.” That awakening...
5-year-old girl in life-threatening condition after birthday party shooting in Toronto
A five-year-old girl remains in life-threatening condition following a shooting during an outdoor children’s birthday party in the Rexdale neighbourhood of northwest Toronto...
Statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in Hamilton, Ont., covered as Indigenous community calls for it to come down
The statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in downtown Hamilton has been covered in fabric from head to toe and wrapped tightly with a red rope....
Syrian woman builds better life through unlikely friendship with Saint John retiree and his wife
If all of your friends look like you, talk like you and are the same age as you, you can have a good life. But...
Families of victims of police violence call for action at rally outside Trudeau’s office
A group of Black and Indigenous families brought their case for defunding Canadian police forces to the steps of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s...
Bush plane monument in Thompson, Man., a painful reminder for residential school survivors
A bush plane monument in Thompson, Man., meant as a tribute to aviation in the North also serves as a painful reminder to residential school...
3 children among people shot at 1-year-old’s birthday party in Toronto’s Rexdale neighbourhood, police say
Three children were among a group of people shot at an outdoor birthday party for a one-year-old child in Toronto’s Rexdale neighbourhood Saturday evening,...
