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Indigenous leaders secure papal audience to set stage for residential school apology
National Indigenous leaders will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican in December to set the stage for a formal papal apology in...
Stalled permanent residency application has left London, Ont., engineer’s life ‘on hold’
Amid an economy stricken by the COVID-19 pandemic, 25-year-old Aravind Shaju had to reluctantly step away from his job as an engineer at a lab...
‘We’ve got to do better’: Toronto readies to launch non-police crisis response pilot
It’s been just over a year since the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, with the world erupting into protest...
‘Where is their soul?’: Inside the failed push to make Catholic Church pay for its residential school abuses
Residential school survivor Rick Daniels and his wife, Judy Greyeyes, live in a small apartment just a few kilometres from Saskatoon’s towering $28.5-million Holy...
Heat dome moves toward Alberta after shattering temperature records in B.C.
Extreme heat warnings remain in place over much of Western Canada as a historic heat wave that has shattered more than 40 all-time...
Man whose burned body was found in septic tank on Alberta farm identified by DNA 44 years later
A man whose death in Alberta has fascinated armchair detectives for years has finally been identified by the RCMP using genetic genealogy, The...
Why reports of COVID-19 infections after 2 vaccine doses aren’t cause for alarm
At first glance, reports of people getting infected with COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated can sound alarming, as if this crop of long-awaited...
Google doodle pays tribute to Indigenous women’s rights advocate Mary Two-Axe Earley
The June 28 Google doodle of Mary Two-Axe Earley marks 36 years since Bill C-31 received royal assent, amending the Indian Act to...
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.”...
Lack of LGBTQ health education for doctors is ‘medically harmful,’ researchers warn
All medical students in Canada need to learn about LGBTQ health through a mandated, standardized curriculum, say advocates and researchers. Right now, LGBTQ health education...
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...
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...
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,...
Scientists, Homalco First Nation team up to probe massive B.C. landslide — and its impact on salmon
When the side of a B.C. mountain gave way on Nov. 28, 2020, crashing into a glacier fed lake and creating a 100-metre high...
3-year-old Ontario girl in urgent need of rare mixed-ethnicity stem-cell donor
Three-year-old Leia Fallico’s life depends on a stem-cell donation — the only cure for a rare genetic disorder that’s causing her bone marrow...
Canada to announce easing of some travel restrictions after passing vaccination threshold
The federal government is set to announce Monday the loosening of some border restrictions for fully vaccinated Canadians and permanent residents but says “the...
