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rcmp looking at legal options to remove serial sexual harassers from the ranks
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RCMP looking at legal options to remove serial sexual harassers from the ranks

The RCMP says it’s looking into whether it can automatically fire Mounties accused in multiple sexual harassment cases and stop other alleged perpetrators...

saskatoon catholic cathedral covered with paint after discovery of 751 unmarked graves
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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
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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
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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
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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 havent delivered key residential school records
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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,...

overnight fires destroy 2 catholic churches in okanagan
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Overnight fires destroy 2 Catholic churches in Okanagan

Two Catholic churches in B.C.’s South Okanagan were destroyed by separate overnight fires early Monday. Penticton RCMP said an officer was on patrol when he saw fire coming...

syrian woman builds better life through unlikely friendship with saint john retiree and his wife
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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...

justice mahmud jamal is first person of colour nominated to the supreme court of canada
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Justice Mahmud Jamal is first person of colour nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated the Honourable Mahmud Jamal as the next member of the Supreme Court of Canada. “I know that...

residential school survivors planned memorial wall about humanizing mohawk institute students
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Residential school survivor’s planned memorial wall about ‘humanizing’ Mohawk Institute students

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. For years, Geronimo Henry carried a folding “travelling wall” bearing some 1,500 names...

national indigenous leaders plan vatican visit to appeal for long awaited papal apology
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National Indigenous leaders plan Vatican visit to appeal for long-awaited papal apology

National Indigenous leaders are planning a visit to the Vatican this November to seek a papal apology for the Catholic Church’s role in...

renewed calls for pope to visit sask to apologize for residential schools after 2017 effort failed
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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...

pope meets 2 canadian cardinals as calls grow for catholic church apology for residential schools
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Pope meets 2 Canadian cardinals as calls grow for Catholic Church apology for residential schools

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Pope Francis met with both Vatican-based Canadian cardinals on Saturday as Canada reels from the discovery of...

why its important for indigenous people to tell our own stories
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Why it’s important for Indigenous people to tell our own stories

This First Person article is the experience of Ossie Michelin, a Labrador Inuk journalist from the community of North West River. For more...

survivors faith leaders call on catholic church to take responsibility for residential schools
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Survivors, faith leaders, call on Catholic Church to take responsibility for residential schools

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. Taking in the sight of hundreds of shoes on the steps of the...