Southwestern
Canadians have a lot to learn about this country’s history of slavery, experts say
WARNING: This story contains disturbing details about slavery. As Sharon Robart-Johnson walks around the Black history room at the Yarmouth County Museum, she points...
‘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...
What the TRC report tells us about the Marieval Indian Residential School
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The Marieval Indian Residential School operated on the windswept plains of Saskatchewan, about...
Sask. First Nation announces discovery of 751 unmarked graves
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The Cowessess First Nation announced a preliminary finding Thursday of 751 unmarked graves at...
Speakers denounce anti-Muslim hate at vigil for family killed in attack
Fourteen-year-old Hateem Amin was determined to attend the outdoor vigil in London, Ont., to honour her 15-year old friend Yumna Afzaal and three family members who were run down and...
Doug Ford’s PCs enter final year before election in the lead, but vulnerable
With exactly one year to go before the 2022 Ontario provincial election, Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives still have the upper hand in...
RCMP have now made 151 arrests as B.C. protests against old-growth logging continue
Another nine protesters have been arrested at blockades aimed at preventing old-growth logging on southwestern Vancouver Island. RCMP began enforcing a British Columbia...
How a vacancy in a safe Conservative seat could mean headaches for Erin O’Toole
A new vacancy in a safe Conservative riding gives the party an opportunity for renewal — or it could trigger the same problems that have...
Canadians who rely on Line 5 on edge as Michigan’s deadline looms to shut Enbridge pipeline
Canadian workers and others who benefit from Enbridge’s Line 5 are anxiously watching what’s playing out this week in Michigan, which has given the...
Group of Ontario police officers launches charter challenge of pandemic restrictions
A group of 19 Ontario police officers has launched a constitutional challenge against the provincial and federal governments and several police chiefs, claiming...
MPs set to vote on motion to recognize Emancipation Day across Canada
It was called “the greatest freedom show on earth.” From the Depression era until 1967, annual Emancipation Day celebrations on Aug. 1 drew big...
Ontario moving Sarnia-Lambton into lockdown; N.B. reveals vaccine rollout details
The latest: Ontario will move the southwestern region of Sarnia-Lambton into lockdown on Monday after a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, making it the fifth...
2 Canada Post workers in Regina suspended after refusing to deliver Epoch Times
Two Canada Post workers in Regina were temporarily suspended earlier this month after they refused to deliver the latest sample edition of the...
London Health Sciences Centre CEO has travelled to U.S. five times since pandemic began
The head of the largest hospital in southwestern Ontario has travelled outside of Canada five times since the COVID-19 pandemic began, including most...
2,000 people march through Aylmer, Ont., to protest COVID-19 health measures
Chanting “Rise up!” and “Freedom is essential,” at one point up to 2,000 people marched through the streets of Aylmer, Ont., calling for...
