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after a decades long fight the last piece of this b c residential school is coming down
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After a decades-long fight, the last piece of this B.C. residential school is coming down

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. Forty-six years to the day after the Lower Post residential school in northern...

birchbark canoe project connects generations of mikmaq in kejimkujik national park
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Birchbark canoe project connects generations of Mi’kmaq in Kejimkujik National Park

Rose Meuse never got to know her grandfather, but she pictures him steering a birchbark canoe through the waterways of Nova Scotia’s Kejimkujik National...

why canada is divided over reopening despite controlling covid 19
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Why Canada is divided over reopening despite controlling COVID-19

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you...

military intelligence thought b c reservist was a regional leader of far right movement documents
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Military intelligence thought B.C. reservist was a regional leader of far-right movement: documents

Military officials said they believed a Canadian reservist was more prominent in, and more deeply involved with, a now-banned right-wing organization than initial...

woman who saw police kill her ex boyfriend says he didnt get the help that he needed
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Woman who saw police kill her ex-boyfriend says ‘he didn’t get the help that he needed’

Amanda Antle and Roy Freake with their child, Jack. Freake was shot to death by police at Antle’s house in Grand Falls-Windsor, N.L.,...

weve got to do better toronto readies to launch non police crisis response pilot
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‘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
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‘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...

ashamed of my faith some catholics struggle after discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools
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‘Ashamed of my faith’: Some Catholics struggle after discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential schools in Saskatchewan and British Columbia has...

why criminal charges for deaths at residential schools would be unprecedented and enormously
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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.”...

maritime startup invents lego style bricks made from recycled plastic
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Maritime startup invents Lego-style bricks made from recycled plastic

A Sunday drive through Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley offers bucolic views of neat rows of grape vines and apple trees, but also rows and...

calls to cancel canada day draw mixed reaction
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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...

moose dies swimming in northern ontario river despite government rescue efforts
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Moose dies swimming in northern Ontario river despite government rescue efforts

A moose swimming in a Sault Ste. Marie river was found dead in the waterway Tuesday, despite efforts by the Ontario Ministry of...

tiff 2021 in person and red carpet to return but no popcorn
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TIFF 2021: In-person and red carpet to return, but no popcorn

After a pandemic-savaged year, The Toronto International Film Festival is back.  On Wednesday, organizers announced that this year’s festival, which is scheduled to...

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...

tourism operators to albertans we could really use some visitors
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Tourism operators to Albertans: ‘We could really use some visitors’

In the span of 17 years, Jason Thornhill has transformed a flat section of prairie into a destination for gardeners, campers, adventure seekers...