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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,...

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Tŝilhqot’in Nation slams ‘failure’ to condemn B.C. lawyer for misconduct on residential school file

The head of the Tŝilhqot’in National Government says the body governing B.C.’s law profession has failed to “appropriately condemn” a lawyer who hired...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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The House: Is it past time Canada had an Indigenous governor general?

The federal cabinet minister leading the search for a new governor general says background checks on the short list of candidates are nearly finished. But...

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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...

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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...

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Mi’kmaq, supporters hold vigil for 215 residential school victims at Sir John A statue

About 80 P.E.I Mi’kmaq and other Indigenous and non-Indigenous supporters gathered in downtown Charlottetown Monday morning at a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald for...

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Opposition pushing Liberals to act following discovery of children’s remains at Kamloops residential school

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to search the grounds of other former residential schools following the discovery of remains...

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Residential school survivors society calls for action following discovery of children’s remains

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS) is calling on the federal government and...

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Remains of 215 children found buried at former B.C. residential school, First Nation says

Preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential school have uncovered the remains of 215 children buried at...

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Black market in Google reviews means you can’t believe everything you read

When Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire and owner of the English Premier League’s Chelsea Football Club, appeared to have posted a Google review...

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‘We survived, and we’ll do it again’: Aklavik, N.W.T., residents calm but prepared for possible flooding

Memories of a flood 15 years ago are top of mind for residents in Aklavik, as they prepare for a spring breakup that...

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Is Asian identity even a thing? Who cares, pass the popcorn for K-drama

This First Person article is the experience of Jan Wong, the co-founder of the Asian Canadian Women’s Alliance. For more information about CBC’s...