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Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Transgender woman says getting gender-affirming ID in Ontario is an 'impossible struggle'
Ever since Diana Bosco transitioned to female four years ago, she's been attempting to get proper identification that accurately reflects her gender — a process she describes as invasive and s...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Alberta's Bearspaw First Nation fighting federal government for right to manage own savings
The Bearspaw First Nation is demanding the federal government no longer collect any money on its behalf and return about $50 million collected from oilpatch activity on its traditional territory. ...

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Health Canada dragging its feet on psilocybin, patients and advocates allege
A group of patients question why their applications for an exemption to use psilocybin for therapeutic purposes have gone unanswered by Health Canada.

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Ontario's hair school standards still ignore Black hair 4 years after work began to include it
Four years after starting work to include more diversity in the education program standards for hairstyling in Ontario, nothing has changed. Some in the industry say people with textured hair are bein...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 17:37:47 EDT
Grassy Narrows to get $68.9M more from Ottawa for centre to care for people with mercury poisoning
Six decades after tonnes of mercury were dumped into the Wabigoon River, Grassy Narrows First Nation has reached an agreement with Ottawa for $68.9 million more in funding to build a home that will ca...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:00:18 EDT
Haviah Mighty's Thirteen wins 2021 Prism Prize for top Canadian music video
Director Theo Kapidistrias is this year's top winner of the Prism Prize for his work on the music video for Haviah Mighty's Thirteen, organizers said Monday. 

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:42:40 EDT
Ontario asks Ottawa to work with WHO on ensuring mixed vaccines recognized abroad
Ontario has asked the federal government to ensure Canadians who received mixed COVID-19 vaccines will be cleared for international travel as border measures lift.

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Residential school survivors demand Sask. court release Catholic compensation document
A Catholic Church document claiming the church provided $25 million of "in-kind services" to residential school survivors is sitting inside a Regina courthouse, but officials are refusing to rele...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 17:21:21 EDT
Some wildfire evacuees return home to northeast Manitoba, but more than 2,000 stuck in limbo
Evacuees from Red Sucker Lake First Nation in northeast Manitoba began to return home on Monday after fleeing wildfires. But more than 2,000 people from four other First Nations are still stuck. ...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Mary Simon officially becomes Canada's first Inuk Governor General
As she was sworn in officially today as Canada's 30th Governor General — the first Indigenous person ever to hold the position — Mary Simon praised Canadians' "selflessness" and vowed to "br...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:46:02 EDT
Killing of Siksika man 'shameful and reckless' but judge says it's manslaughter not murder
One of two brothers responsible for the death of a young man from the Siksika First Nation in southern Alberta has been acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter. 

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:11:10 EDT
Disney to close almost all of its stores in Canada by next month
Disney is planning on closing down almost all of its retail stores in Canada by next month.

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 06:46:07 EDT
N.L. seniors celebrate end of COVID-19 dance ban with Footloose flash mob
After successfully lobbying to lift a 16-month ban on dancing in retirement homes, residents of Alderwood Retirement Centre shook and shimmied in Witless Bay Saturday.

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 11:58:11 EDT
Fewer active fires in B.C., but threat still high in bone-dry southern regions
Above average temperatures for many parts of British Columbia aren't expected to ease any time soon — and Environment Canada says there's no hint of showers until at least the weekend for some south...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 11:30:00 EDT
More air quality alerts issued as smoke, over 140 forest fires plague northwestern Ontario
As over 140 forest fires burn in northwestern Ontario on Monday, Environment Canada has issued air quality statements to more communities affected by smoke and poor visibility.

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:00:00 EDT
A jab in the comfort of home and other ways Alberta's COVID-19 vaccine hesitant are being convinced
Vaccine hesitancy in Alberta is about twice the national average. Here's how some Alberta businesses and community organizations are making COVID-19 vaccines more accessible and convincing the hesit...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
The U.S. and Canada share a troubling history with residential schools
When it comes to residential schools, the U.S. and Canada share a disturbing history. In fact, their assimilation systems were developed in tandem. Now some Americans, disturbed by news from Canada of...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:00:35 EDT
I'm a pastor; in the face of genocide, the soul of my church is threatened
Lutheran pastor Ryan Andersen gives his view on the journey required for Canadian churches as newly identified graves put the trauma of residential schools in sharp relief.

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 08:00:00 EDT
Major museum and art gallery shops duped by fake Indigenous carver
Until recently, gift shops in some of B.C.'s most famous museums and art galleries have sold wood carvings by an artist identified as "Harvey John" for hundreds of dollars a piece. There is no Harvey ...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Cord Blood Bank of Canada owner claims in lawsuit all samples destroyed 3 years ago, but hasn't told clients
A Toronto company that was paid to store potentially life-saving stem cells from the children of roughly 3,000 clients across Canada is now claiming in a lawsuit that all the samples stored by the bus...



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