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Thu, 15 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc to release final report on unmarked graves at former Kamloops residential school
In May, Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation revealed preliminary findings of a ground survey that, combined with previous knowledge, it said indicated 215 children had been buried at the site of th...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Plaque donated by residential school teacher elders say abused children removed from Sask. church
Elders from the Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan have succeeded in getting a plaque removed from the property of St. Philip's Roman Catholic Church in Kamsack that they say was donated by a music tea...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Ontario weighing COVID-19 vaccination requirements for certain jobs
Ontario government officials are considering the pros and cons of requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for health-care workplaces, CBC News has learned.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Risk of a housing slump, rising loonie mar good news for Canadian economy
Even as inflation uncertainty remains, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem steers to a midway point between pumping up the economy and letting out a little air, as a pronounced slowdown in housing re...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 04:00:26 EDT
The federal election hasn't started yet — but the parties are in full campaign mode
While the Prime Minister's Office insists that the recent series of government announcements is merely business as usual, the major parties appear to be in full pre-election mode as their leaders fa...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Playing 'a hot mess' in Never Have I Ever, Canadian actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan wants to shake up conventions
Actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan returns as a hot-headed teen Devi Vishwakumar in the Netflix comedy series Never Have I Ever, and the Canadian star is relishing every minute of it.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Study using laser technology suggests Canada overlooks key sources of methane emissions
The largest sources of methane emissions from oil and gas sites are not the pieces of equipment commonly thought to be the main culprits, a new study suggests. The result is Canada may be underestimat...

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
As Cuba erupts, Cuban-Canadians accuse the Trudeau government of turning its back
The gap between the Biden administration and the Trudeau government this week on Cuba was wider than the straits that separate Havana from Key West.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
'We are all competing for limited resources': Calls for more help in forest fire-plagued northwestern Ontario
With northwestern Ontario now under a state of emergency issued by the province, calls are growing for more support to keep community members safe as nearly 80 forest fires continue to burn across the...

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:55:31 EDT
Wildfires threaten B.C. towns of Ashcroft and Cache Creek

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:45:43 EDT
Manitoba's Indigenous relations minister resigns from cabinet after premier's comments on colonial history
Eileen Clarke has resigned as Manitoba's minister of Indigenous and northern relations after Premier Brian Pallister made comments last week that suggested the colonization of Canada was done with go...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 23:05:21 EDT
23-year-old construction worker killed in Kelowna crane collapse leaves family, fiancée
Cailen Vilness, 23, was one of four construction workers who lost their lives at an industrial incident in downtown Kelowna on Monday.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:51:40 EDT
Ethics commissioner set to look into Liberal data contracts
Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has taken the first step toward a possible investigation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after a Conservative MP filed a complaint alleging that Trudeau may have improp...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:19:30 EDT
Experts urge task force on antisemitism to penalize uncooperative social media platforms
An international task force is calling on governments to adopt a clear definition of antisemitism and push social media giants to be more transparent on how they remove hateful content — but sto...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:33:03 EDT
Sask. Catholic bishops forge ahead alone with fundraising campaign for residential school survivors
Saskatchewan bishops are releasing more details of a fundraising campaign for residential school survivors, but none of their colleagues across Canada appear to be joining them.

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:55:06 EDT
Search for unmarked graves unearths memories from former 'Indian hospital' patients
As Alberta waits for results of a recent ground penetrating radar search of Camsell Hospital, northerners recall years of scolding, experimentation and abuse at the former Indigenous treatment facilit...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:54:30 EDT
Province issues emergency order for northwestern Ontario over forest fire dangers
The province has issued an emergency order due to forest fires in northwestern Ontario, allowing the government to "take special measures to ensure the safety of people and the protection of critical...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:40:49 EDT
Bank of Canada holds benchmark interest rate steady at COVID-19 low, but slows down other stimulus
The Bank of Canada kept its benchmark interest rate steady at 0.25 per cent on Wednesday, noting that while the economy is improving in line with vaccinations, the spectre of coronavirus variants make...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Next governor general's inability to speak French leaves francophone community conflicted
Many francophones across Quebec and Canada say they are concerned that the country's next governor general cannot speak French. So far, there have been more than 50 complaints to the Office of the Com...

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 11:44:20 EDT
Body of 5th victim recovered from debris after crane collapse in B.C.
A specialized team of first responders has recovered the body of a bystander who was killed when a construction crane collapsed into his office building in Kelowna, B.C.



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