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New heads of Toronto CSIS office say they want to hire a more diverse group of spies

When Katherine Hannah and Zahra Musaji first started at the Canadian Security and Intelligence Agency back in 1999, they couldn’t have told you what colour the carpet...

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El Jones’s powerful poem sheds light on slavery in N.S. and the struggle for freedom

On the shores of Halifax harbour, poet and educator El Jones performed a poem she wrote for Emancipation Day, which will be marked for...

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Millions meant for residential school survivors spent on Catholic Church lawyers, administration: documents

The Roman Catholic Church spent millions of dollars that were supposed to go to residential school survivors on lawyers, administration, a private fundraising...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Canada’s Maggie Mac Neil wins gold in women’s 100m butterfly

Maggie Mac Neil won Canada’s first gold medal of these Olympics, capturing the women’s 100-metre butterfly in a Canadian record of 55.59 seconds...

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Nova Scotia riding will have a Black MLA no matter which party wins in election

For the first time in more than 20 years, one of Nova Scotia’s oldest and largest Black communities will be represented by a...

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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...

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Report outlines ‘violent, fraught’ history of Wood Buffalo National Park and impact on First Nation

A new report details the “fraught” and “violent” history of Wood Buffalo National Park, which includes the removal of hundreds of members of...

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B.C. man accused of stealing $200K in 2019 CRA phone scam has fled Canada, court documents say

A former resident of B.C.’s Lower Mainland allegedly fled Canada after posting a $10,000 release bond following his arrest by immigration officials investigating a...

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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...

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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...

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‘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,...

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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...

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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...