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 what are believed to be…
Yukon becomes 3rd Canadian jurisdiction to reach deal on child-care funding
The Yukon government became the third jurisdiction in Canada to make a deal with the federal government on child care on Friday.Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced,…
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 children in Canada have prompted…
‘Miss the drumbeat’: the return of powwow season welcomed by First Nations
Under the early evening sun, dancers from across Canada and the United States filed onto the powwow grounds at Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation in central Alberta.It was…
Akwesasne chief disputes data showing few residents fully vaccinated
Estimates of just how many people living in the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne are fully vaccinated vary significantly, but its chief insists the number is skewed due…
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 Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan.…
‘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, who turns 85 at…
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 its initial efforts to find…
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 adjacent to…
Plaque donated by residential school teacher elders say abused children removed from Sask. church
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.Elders from the Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan have succeeded in getting a plaque removed from the property…
B.C. First Nation says more than 160 unmarked graves found
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.The Penelakut Tribe in B.C.'s Southern Gulf Islands says it has found more than 160 "undocumented and unmarked"…