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CANADA: Country's tragic residential-school reckoning could be grim harbinger for U.S.

CANADA: Country's tragic residential-school reckoning could be grim harbinger for U.S.

'They don't teach this in schools,' says prominent U.S. Indigenous activist. 'Now we're no longer able to hide from those truths.'
WORLD: Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd's death

WORLD: Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd's death

With good behavior, Chauvin, 45, could be paroled after serving two-thirds of his sentence, or about 15 years
CANADA: Trudeau says Canada Day should be time of reflection after unmarked graves discovered

CANADA: Trudeau says Canada Day should be time of reflection after unmarked graves discovered

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has said he believes Canada Day shouldn't be cancelled and the tragedies of the past should be used as motivation to build a better country
CANADA: Bennett apologizes after Wilson-Raybould calls out her 'Pension?' message as racist

CANADA: Bennett apologizes after Wilson-Raybould calls out her 'Pension?' message as racist

Bennett messaged the word "Pension?" in response to a Wilson-Raybould tweet urging the prime minister to quit his "selfish jockeying" for an election and focus, as promised, on reconciliation with Indigenous people
WORLD: 'Reckless acts and omissions' by Iran caused deadly Flight 752 crash, report says

WORLD: 'Reckless acts and omissions' by Iran caused deadly Flight 752 crash, report says

All 176 people on board Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 were killed, including 55 Canadian citizens
CANADA: First Nation to hold news conference about discovery of 'hundreds of unmarked graves'

CANADA: First Nation to hold news conference about discovery of 'hundreds of unmarked graves'

The Cowessess First Nation says the number of unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School will be the most substantial to date found in Canada
CANADA: Order of Catholic nuns agrees to enhance access to residential school records

CANADA: Order of Catholic nuns agrees to enhance access to residential school records

Calls have grown for the release of residential school records since the discovery of the unmarked graves was announced last month
CANADA Indigenous man sheds light on 'historical wrongs' near cabinet minister's cottage

CANADA Indigenous man sheds light on 'historical wrongs' near cabinet minister's cottage

Johnny Hawke sets up encampment over land claim, just down the beach from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Minister Carolyn Bennett's summer home
ONTARIO: Tourism task force calls on government to incentivize local travel with points card, ads

ONTARIO: Tourism task force calls on government to incentivize local travel with points card, ads

The Tourism Economic Recovery Ministerial Task Force has submitted 10 recommendations to the provincial government
WORLD: Canada to provide residential school records to U.S. if needed, minister says

WORLD: Canada to provide residential school records to U.S. if needed, minister says

Washington will investigate its role in the boarding schools and work to uncover the truth about the loss of human life and the lasting consequences of policies that took hundreds of thousands of children from their families and communities