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first flight bringing afghans who helped military arrives in canada with more still to come
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First flight bringing Afghans who helped military arrives in Canada, with more still to come

A government flight carrying dozens of Afghan workers who assisted the Canadian military during the war in Afghanistan has landed in Toronto, the federal government...

line 5 pipeline between u s and canada could cause devastating damage to great lakes say environmentalists
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Line 5 pipeline between U.S. and Canada could cause ‘devastating damage’ to Great Lakes, say environmentalists

An aging pipeline that carries oil along the bottom of the ecologically sensitive and turbulent Straits of Mackinac, where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron...

unmarked grave findings in canada prompt reckoning among u s churches
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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...

supreme court sides with lac seul first nation over flooding compensation
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Supreme Court sides with Lac Seul First Nation over flooding compensation

The Lac Seul First Nation of northern Ontario has won a key round in its long fight to be properly compensated for the...

first nations invite public to witness search for unmarked graves at sask residential school site
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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...

inuk leader mary simon named as canadas 1st indigenous governor general
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Inuk leader Mary Simon named as Canada’s 1st Indigenous governor general

Inuk leader Mary Simon will serve as the Queen’s new representative in Canada, marking the first time an Indigenous person has held the role....

on this canada day canadians face calls for change and economic historians have been trying to adjust
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On this Canada Day, Canadians face calls for change — and economic historians have been trying to adjust

This week’s deadly heat wave, with its new record temperatures, is just one example of how the country’s economy seems to be embroiled in change this Canada...

indigenous leaders secure papal audience to set stage for residential school apology
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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...

how to watch canada day 2021 on cbc
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How to watch Canada Day 2021 on CBC

Sixteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada is facing its second Canada Day under public health restrictions amid renewed conversation about Indigenous reconciliation....

scientists homalco first nation team up to probe massive b c landslide and its impact on salmon
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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...

overnight fires destroy 2 catholic churches in okanagan
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Overnight fires destroy 2 Catholic churches in Okanagan

Two Catholic churches in B.C.’s South Okanagan were destroyed by separate overnight fires early Monday. Penticton RCMP said an officer was on patrol when he saw fire coming...

false sightings reports of gunfire court documents reveal details of rcmp response to n s mass shooting
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False sightings, reports of gunfire: Court documents reveal details of RCMP response to N.S. mass shooting

The first RCMP officers to arrive in Portapique, N.S., during last year’s shooting rampage thought they had spotted the gunman, but learned hours later...

why its important for indigenous people to tell our own stories
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Why it’s important for Indigenous people to tell our own stories

This First Person article is the experience of Ossie Michelin, a Labrador Inuk journalist from the community of North West River. For more...

stalled project reveals archaeological conflict between first nations and b c government
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Stalled project reveals archaeological conflict between First Nations and B.C. government

An expansion of a popular Hornby Island pub that stalled this spring with the discovery of Indigenous human remains is threatening to become...

black on the prairies
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Black on the Prairies

This project does not position the Prairies as Black ancestral territory or homelands. To be Black on the Prairies is to be part...

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