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Tue, 29 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
'Where is their soul?': Inside the failed push to make Catholic Church pay for its residential school abuses
Under the landmark Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement, Catholic churches promised to raise $25 million to compensate tens of thousands of survivors for damages inflicted. Only a fraction o...

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 04:00:28 EDT
'We've got to do better': Toronto readies to launch non-police crisis response pilot
Toronto is set to soon launch an $11-million policing-alternative pilot project that will see community-based teams respond to mental health calls. It's the single largest such initiative undertaken i...

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Private moments captured on home security cameras being live streamed again on website
A website reported to be based in Russia is once again live streaming unsecured home and business security cameras after the federal privacy commissioner and other international authorities demanded i...

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Mounties suspected person leaking secrets had high-level computer access, search warrants show
The RCMP suspected someone senior in its ranks was offering to spill secrets, but still didn't know the identity of the alleged leaker for several months after they first learned highly confidential i...

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
$1.9B a year to address natural disasters in Canada among 4 takeaways from federal climate report
With British Columbia recording its hottest temperatures on record, Ottawa released its latest major report on climate change, probing how a warming planet will impact everything from infrastructure ...

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
A bandwagon fan's guide to the Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are playing in the Stanley Cup finals and it's got thousands of new fans tuning in. So if you count yourself among the bandwagoners, this handy guide should get you up to speed ...

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:32:04 EDT
B.C. town sets another all-time temperature record as 'prolonged, dangerous' heat wave continues
Just one day after Lytton recorded the highest temperature ever seen in Canada, the B.C. village hit a new historic high of 47.9 C, blasting through the previous record by more than a full degree. ...

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:43:32 EDT
Helicopter fighting wildfire crashes west of Edmonton
Emergency responders were on scene at a helicopter crash Monday night near the community of Evansburg, Alta., west of Edmonton.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:49:06 EDT
Open-pit coal mine near Alberta-B.C. border ordered to undergo federal impact assessment
The Tent Mountain open-pit coal mine will undergo a federal impact assessment, the federal environment minister ordered Monday.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 19:33:59 EDT
Catholic group says privacy laws complicating the release of documents from Sask. and B.C. residential schools
A Catholic order that operated dozens of residential schools says it is seeking external advice to navigate privacy laws that could affect the quality and comprehensiveness of records it has committe...

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Why reports of COVID-19 infections after 2 vaccine doses aren't cause for alarm
"Breakthrough infections" among fully vaccinated individuals can make for alarming headlines. But they're rare — totaling just 0.5 per cent of reported COVID-19 cases since vaccination efforts bega...

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:49:50 EDT
Alberta pastor, brother, café owner guilty of contempt for breaking COVID-19 health rules
Three Alberta men — a Calgary-based street preacher, his brother and a café owner — have been found guilty of contempt for what a judge deemed "deliberate and wilful" breaches of judicial orders...

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:00:31 EDT
Black men stereotyped as dangerous, predatory at Canadian Museum for Human Rights, report says
A final report from a lawyer hired to investigate systemic discrimination at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights paints a troubling picture of what staff say happens inside the national museum in Win...

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:37:49 EDT
Pilot in deadly Canadian military helicopter crash unaware of flight-control software conflict, says report
The pilot of an ill-fated Canadian military helicopter tried to manually override the flight control function and — for a variety of reasons — did not see the autopilot was still on when the CH...

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 19:24:32 EDT
2 injured as plane crashes in residential neighbourhood north of Victoria
A small plane that was heading for Victoria airport Monday afternoon crashed in Mill Bay, north of the city.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:56:25 EDT
'Taxpayers will be on the hook': Fur traders' group says Canada Goose decision won't stop culling
A decision by Canada Goose to no longer use coyote fur trim on its signature parkas could cost taxpayers, according to a group representing Ontario trappers, adding that animals will still need to be ...

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:10:38 EDT
RCMP's union reaches tentative deal with Ottawa — a first in Mountie history
For the first time ever, a union representing RCMP members has reached a tentative collective agreement with the federal government to cover nearly 20,000 Mounties.

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:40:49 EDT
Toronto one step closer to renaming street over Henry Dundas's association with slave trade
Toronto Mayor John Tory and city staff are recommending renaming Dundas Street following a 2020 petition to scrap the name due to Henry Dundas's association with the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.  ...

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Regina woman who lost mother and grandmother to COVID-19 says return to normal isn't possible
As restrictions begin to ease and people grow increasingly excited to resume normal activities, a 21-year-old Regina woman who lost her mother and grandmother to COVID-19 says life won't return to nor...

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 04:00:00 EDT
'Ashamed of my faith': Some Catholics struggle after discovery of unmarked graves at residential schools
Some Catholics are struggling with their faith and are angry with the Catholic Church following the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves.



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