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Chief calls news conference as memorial grows near Kamloops, B.C., residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An update is expected from the chief of the Tk'emlups te Sewepemc First Nation, a week after the band announced the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at...
Jun 04, 2021

Mother still seeking answers a year after Chantel Moore killed by N.B. police
FREDERICTON - A year after Chantel Moore was fatally shot by a police officer in Edmundston, N.B., her mother's suffering remains, as do many unanswered questions. "The pain still hurts as much as it ...
Jun 04, 2021

'Have conversations:' Experts urge learning truth about residential schools
Stephanie Scott shed tears with her daughter and five-year-old grandchild when remains of what are believed to be more than 200 children were found on the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residentia...
Jun 04, 2021

Statistics Canada set to unveil May jobs numbers
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say today how the job market fared in May as lockdowns to slow the pandemic continued to keep many businesses closed. The economy lost 207,000 jobs in April as a spike ...
Jun 04, 2021

Canada looking to U.S. to help end Moderna delivery delays
OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada is trying to negotiate a deal to start getting doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine from the United States instead of Europe. All 5.7 million doses...
Jun 04, 2021

Chief Justice Richard Wagner stresses need to boost Indigenous reconciliation efforts
OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice says judges must be alert to the history and experience of Indigenous peoples, and should make the same commitment to those of other cultures and communities. In a rece...
Jun 04, 2021

From the Beatles to Elton John: Oldest DJ's storied career
HONG KONG (AP) - Ray Cordeiro considers himself the luckiest radio DJ in the world. In a storied career spanning over 70 years in Hong Kong, Cordeiro has interviewed superstars including the Beatles a...
Jun 03, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, June 3, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 3, 2021. There are 1,387,445 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,387,445 confirmed cases (27,790 active...
Jun 03, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on June 3, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 3, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 410,178 new vaccinations administered for a total of 24,924,...
Jun 03, 2021

Most vaccinated California workers must keep masks on
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Conflicted California workplace regulators approved controversial rules that allow workers to go maskless only if every employee in a room is fully vaccinated against the cor...
Jun 03, 2021