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Echaquan inquiry: reform needed to reduce Indigenous patients' fear of health system
MONTREAL - The coroner's inquiry examining the death Joyce Echaquan is moving to the recommendations phase of its public hearings. Dr. Stanley Vollant, an Innu surgeon, is recommending the government ...
May 31, 2021
Statement Regarding Burial Site Found at Former Residential School in Kamloops
A statement from Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement Dr. Jacqueline Ottmann - May 28, 2021 It is with deep sadness that I write this message today. The magnitude of the news that the remains of 215 ch...
May 31, 2021
Veteran quarterback MacLeod Bethel-Thompson signs new deal with the Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - Veteran quarterback MacLeod Bethel-Thomson re-signed with the Toronto Argonauts on Monday. Bethel-Thompson had a CFL-high 26 touchdown passes in 13 starts with Toronto in 2019. The six-foot-...
May 31, 2021
Just one LSSD case of COVID-19
Living Sky School Division reported just one case of COVID-19 within the division this week.The case was reported out of Connaught Elementary School in North Battleford. Per protocol, LSSD is working ...
May 31, 2021
NDP urges Ottawa to enact TRC calls to action following school burial site discovery
OTTAWA - Federal New Democrats are calling for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residenti...
May 31, 2021
Iqaluit to ease public health restrictions Thursday as COVID-19 outbreak eases
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit will start easing public health restrictions on Thursday as the city continues to recover from a COVID-19 outbreak. Schools will reopen that day for part-time in-class learn...
May 31, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, May 31, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):11 a.m.Quebec is reporting 276 new cases of COVID-19 today and one more death attributed to the novel coronavirus.Health official...
May 31, 2021
Canadian Bianca Andreescu eliminated in first round of French Open
PARIS - Canada's Bianca Andreescu is out of the French Open after suffering a first-round loss. The No. 6 seed, from Mississauga, Ont., lost 6-7 (1), 7-6 (2), 9-7 to world No. 85 Tamara Zidansek of Sl...
May 31, 2021
FSIN commits to radar ground searches of multiple residential schools in Sask.
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is leading a new investigation into unidentified remains of children at Saskatchewan's residential schools.The announcement was made in a Sunday a...
May 31, 2021
Pakistani TV bans host of talk show after he criticized army
ISLAMABAD (AP) - A Pakistani television station on Monday took a prominent journalist off air, removing him as host of a popular talk show after he criticized the country's powerful military. The deve...
May 31, 2021