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Thu, 30 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
How survivors fought to create Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Two residential school survivors who pushed for greater awareness of the harms caused by the schools reflect on Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Conservative member attacking O'Toole's leadership could be dropped from party council, president warns
The president of the Conservative Party says party national council member Bert Chen's sponsorship of a petition "attacking" leader Erin O'Toole puts him at risk of being dropped from the council. ...

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Indigenous people in Toronto badly undercounted by census, but experts hopeful for change
Though the Indigenous population in Toronto has been drastically undercounted in official Statistics Canada data, community members and advocates say they are hopeful a shift has begun that will chang...

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Ottawa should allow use of status register to find lost residential school children, survivors say
The discovery this summer of suspected unmarked graves on the grounds of former residential schools across Canada was a reminder that the actual number of child deaths at these institutions is a dark ...

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
How a day for truth and reconciliation inspired these Indigenous artists
Three Saskatchewan artists created original works for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Thursday, covering the erasure of Métis culture, residential schools, and lacklustre efforts at ...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 22:02:28 EDT
B.C. server who was fired after asking to be addressed by correct pronouns awarded $30K
A former server at a Gibsons, B.C. restaurant has been awarded $30,000 after a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal decision found they were unfairly terminated for asking managers and co-workers to call them ...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Meet the Sask. knowledge keeper who counsels the vulnerable and the powerful on hope and healing
Judy Pelly, a 69-year-old Saskatoon knowledge keeper, works with 30 different organizations on truth and reconciliation. It's become a full-time job for the residential school survivor, who has emerge...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:54:23 EDT
Protesters against old-growth logging dig in as company appeals denial of B.C. court injunction
A decision by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge refusing to extend an injunction against old-growth logging protesters did little to release pressure in the dispute as all sides hold steadfast to...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 20:00:00 EDT
Hospitals in Alberta's northern region operating at over 100 per cent ICU surge capacity
Alberta's northern health zone, which encompasses regions where vaccination uptake is well below the provincial average, is operating at over 100 per cent of its intensive care capacity. ...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:51:06 EDT
Photographer in B.C.'s Skeena region injured in 'surprise defensive' grizzly attack
A man on his way to photograph grizzlies during salmon spawning season in B.C.'s Skeena region was seriously injured Wednesday morning in what conservation officers are describing as a "surprise defen...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 18:47:40 EDT
Agnico Eagle apologizes for 'offensive and wrong' workplace safety poster
Agnico Eagle is apologizing after a locally-viral Facebook post of a company safety sign prompted backlash across Nunavut social media.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
This Manitoba community has a vaccination rate of 24% against COVID-19. Here's why
Only 24 per cent of eligible people living in Manitoba's Rural Municipality of Stanley have received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. But an explanation for the low vaccination rate cannot be attributed ...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 04:00:27 EDT
What Canadians can expect from COVID-19 this fall and winter
With the beginning of fall and a more transmissible strain of the coronavirus taking hold, Canadians may wonder about the outlook of the pandemic over the next few months. Some experts are expre...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Mould, leaks, air quality issues plague Ontario Aboriginal Housing units, tenants say
Several tenants living in units managed by Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) say their homes are "falling apart," harming their health, and they accuse the non-profit of sloppy repair and m...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:55:53 EDT
Bloc candidate asks for recount in Brome-Missisquoi riding
Bloc candidate Marilou Alarie lost the riding to Liberal Pascale St-Onge by 186 votes.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 06:22:21 EDT
'A lot of cheering' after last of 39 miners stuck in Vale mine in northern Ontario brought to surface
Thirty-nine miners who had been trapped underground in northern Ontario have all safely made it to the surface. Vale, the company that owns the Totten Mine near Sudbury, Ont., says the rescue operat...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 10:57:17 EDT
Enbridge's controversial Line 3 pipeline project 'substantially complete,' will be in service Oct. 1
Enbridge says work on the 1,765-kilometre pipeline replacement is now substantially complete. The $9.3-billion project will carry oil from Alberta to an Enbridge terminal in Wisconsin. ...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 06:30:00 EDT
It took over 3 hours, but this conservation officer helped save 7 beached whales in Embree
A resource enforcement officer in Newfoundland and Labrador took swift action in Embree last Wednesday to rescue seven beached pothead whales.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Drug decriminalization movement gaining momentum in Canada as overdose deaths surge
As overdose deaths keep surging in Canada, the movement to decriminalize illicit drugs is gaining steam, with one of the country’s largest mental health facilities joining national advocates and sev...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
RCMP union says it supports a Mountie's 'right' to refuse vaccination
The RCMP's union says it supports the "right" of RCMP officers to refuse to get vaccinated and will back up any member who refuses vaccination once the mandatory vaccination policy for the federal...



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