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Métis leader describes 'comfortable' meeting with Pope
Métis National Council president Cassidy Caron said Pope Francis spoke of 'truth, justice and healing' during a meeting with Métis survivors of residential schools. The Métis delegation was the first of three Indigenous delegations to...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Putin to 'stop this war' in viral video to the Russian people
In a moving video posted across social media, Arnold Schwarzenegger debunked Russian disinformation about the war on Ukraine and told President Vladimir Putin: "You can stop this war"
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Survivors await release of residential school archives from Catholic entity
A Catholic entity that ran residential schools in Canada will soon open its archive in Rome, bringing some hope to survivors searching for records.
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Foreign fighter 'Wali' says this video is proof he's alive
Canadian veteran spent a week on the front lines battling Russian forces in Ukraine while misinformation spread he was dead.
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Students in Ukraine helping war effort
Adrienne Arsenault meets students who stayed behind in Ukraine to assist with the war efforts. Some of them have turned their dorm rooms into shelters for refugees, while others are taking on more extreme measures, such as forming a...
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Kremlin tightens grip on Russians' access to media with misinformation law
President Vladimir Putin is tightening his grip on media and information in Russia, signing into power a new law that could see journalists sentenced to 15 years in prison for straying from the country's approved narrative on what is...
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Alberta First Nation announces 169 possible grave sites near former residential school
The Kapawe'no First Nation in Northern Alberta has announced the discovery of 169 potential graves at the site of a former residential school after searching the area with drones and ground-penetrating radar.
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93 possible burial sites found near former B.C. residential school
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Williams Lake First Nation in B.C. says 93 possible burial sites have been found at the site of the former St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School.
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Ottawa strikes deal to turn over thousands of residential school documents
The federal government has struck a deal to turn over thousands of residential school documents to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, including the school narratives for nearly a dozen of the institutions.
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Canada's remote communities hit hard by Omicron surge
Canada's rural, remote and Northern communities have been hard hit by a surge of Omicron cases. In places like Bearskin Lake First Nation in Ontario, one in two people have tested positive for COVID-19.
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Tennis star Novak Djokovic's family speaks out after legal victory
The family of tennis star Novak Djokovic said they are ready to fight for him 'in every possible manner' just hours after he won a court challenge allowing him to remain in Australia. A judge ruled the federal government's decision last...
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Kyrgyzstan uses folk art to fight corruption
One non-profit organisation is using traditional music and art to try to highlight social concerns.
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Gambian commission urges prosecutions for Yahya Jammeh-era abuses
A 14,000-page report handed to President Barrow gives details of nearly 400 victims of torture, killing and rape.
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Burundi: Remains from mass graves linked to ethnic unrest exhumed
Thousands of remains from mass graves are being exhumed in Burundi. Its Truth and Reconciliation Commission is also taking testimony to document more than three decades of ethnic unrest.
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Search begins in Brantford, Ont., at former residential school
As the search begins in Brantford, Ont., for remains of children who attended the former Mohawk Institute Residential School, Kimberly Murray, executive director of the Survivors' Secretariat, stressed the importance of survivors'...
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'I have many regrets': Trudeau fields questions about his decision to travel on Truth and Reconciliation Day
During a press conference in Kamloops, British Columbia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he takes full responsibility for his decision to travel on September 30.
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Action is needed from Catholic church, not words, says residential school survivor
Cree writer Darrel McLeod and residential school survivor Liz Akiwenzie offer their thoughts on the meeting in Rome between a First Nations delegation and Pope Francis. The delegation was seeking an apology from the Pope to residential...
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What are the legal pathways to seek justice for PS752 victims' families?
As Canada opens a new chapter in the pursuit of justice for victims, lawyer and advisor to the Association of PS752 families, Kaveh Shahrooz, lays out the possible legal pathways the government could take.
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Hundreds expected to honour former Burkina Faso President Sankara
Many are expected to gather in Ouagadougou to pay tribute to Thomas Sankara on the anniversary of his 1987 assassination.
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon write first film together since Good Will Hunting
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Nicole Holofcener teamed up to write up the new historic epic, “The Last Duel," and talk to Andrew Chang about what’s changed with women’s rights and what hasn’t.
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How the Catholic Church spent money meant for residential school survivors
CBC News and the Globe and Mail have obtained files detailing how the Catholic Church spent some of the $79 million in compensation it agreed to pay residential school survivors in 2005. While some of the money meant for 'in kind...
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AFN national chief urges government to move forward with compensation
National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says that in light of today's Federal Court ruling, the federal government must move forward with compensating Indigenous children.
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'Don't start at residential schools. Start before that'
To move forward in reconciliation, students need to learn both colonial and pre-colonial history — and there are natural spots from kindergarten through Grade 12 where teachers can introduce these lessons, says Bobbie-Jo Leclair, a...
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Teachers must face difficult truths, live with discomfort 'to get the truth out'
Teaching students about Indigenous lives and history earlier on and improving what teachers know about the topics are both necessary, according to Nelson Education's Linda Isaac and Steve Brown.