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Kingston to move Sir John A. Macdonald statue from City Park
Numbered hearts are placed on the steps of the Sir John A. MacDonald statue in Kingston, Ont., on May 31. The hearts represent...
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...
Doctors worry they won’t be able to help every cancer patient diagnosed, treated late due to COVID-19
Around the end of June last year, Karen Townsend started to experience abdominal pain. At the time, she could only book a phone...
B.C. First Nation organizes 3-day healing walk in wake of Kamloops residential school discovery
WARNING: This story contains distressing details Hundreds of people have embarked on a trek along the South Thompson River from Kamloops to B.C.’s Shuswap,...
B.C.’s capital cancels scheduled Canada Day programming in wake of Kamloops Residential School discovery
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Victoria city council has decided to cancel its scheduled Canada Day programming this year following the discovery...
How the COVID-19 pandemic lowered life expectancy in Canada last year
COVID-19 deaths led to a five-month decrease in life expectancy at birth last year, recent data released by Statistics Canada suggest, potentially putting the...
‘He just felt hopeless,’ widow says after partner went to hospital 3 times in 24 hours before his death
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The wife of an Indigenous man from Alberta says a B.C. hospital failed to treat him last...
MPs call on Nav Canada to give up $7M in bonuses paid out during pandemic
Politicians are calling on executives and management at Nav Canada to pay back $7 million in bonuses they received last year during the pandemic, while the private non-profit...
Statue of Egerton Ryerson ‘will not be restored or replaced’ after it was toppled at Toronto rally
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The statue of Egerton Ryerson that stood outside the university that bears his...
More new mothers are seeking mental health supports amid overwhelming strain during the pandemic
Abigail Morran was no stranger to anxiety, but for years, she had it under control. Then the first-time mom, who lives in a...
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...
Canada secures more Pfizer shots as focus shifts to second doses
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the government will buy three million more vaccine shots from Pfizer than originally planned — an...
How radar technology is used to discover unmarked graves at former residential schools
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. Before the first electromagnetic waves penetrate into the ground of a suspected residential...
Big TSX companies tripled number of Black board members in past year — but there are still only 26
This story is part of a CBC News exploration of systemic racism, including anti-Black racism, and the promises for change made last summer....
Ex-judge releasing review of military justice system rocked by sexual misconduct crisis
In normal times, a review of the military justice system would be an obscure exercise, something of interest only to a select constituency....
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...
