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First Nations coalition demands top Sask. judge resign over residential school file dispute
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), which represents Saskatchewan’s First Nations, is demanding the resignation of one of the province’s top judges...
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...
The fashion industry’s ‘plus-size’ label shames women to fit an unhealthy standard
This First Person article is the experience of Laura Sang, a physician in Montreal. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please...
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘I tried to be tough,’ says survivor of Marieval Indian Residential School sharing her story for 1st time
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. Phyllis Kretschmer has never shared her residential school experience with anyone. The active senior,...
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...
First Nations invite public to witness search for unmarked graves at Sask. residential school site
Warning: This story containts details some readers may find distressing. A group of Saskatchewan First Nations is inviting the wider public to witness...
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc to release final report on unmarked graves at former Kamloops residential school
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Today, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation is set to present its final report on the unmarked grave sites found...
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...
Risk of a housing slump, rising loonie mar good news for Canadian economy
Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem had some optimistic comments when he met with reporters Wednesday following his latest Monetary Policy Report. But, as usual,...
B.C. First Nation says more than 160 unmarked graves found
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The Penelakut Tribe in B.C.’s Southern Gulf Islands says it has found more...
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...
Assembly of First Nations to elect new national chief this week
First Nations leaders from across the country are meeting virtually this week to elect a new national chief of the Assembly of First...
