Category Archives: Canada

Quebec's Indigenous Affairs Minister says the province is open to searching the grounds of former residential schools for graves if survivors and their families are in favour. Ian Lafrenire says his o...

HALIFAX - A survivor of the largest residential school in the Maritimes says the search will continue for unmarked graves at the site north of Halifax. Dorene Bernard, a Mi'kmaq elder, confirmed today...

OTTAWA - The discovery of 215 children's remains in an unmarked burial site in British Columbia has revived discussion about the residential school system, which the Truth and Reconciliation Commissio...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton CFL franchise has changed its team name to Elks. The club made the announcement via livestream today. Edmonton dropped its longtime name, Eskimos, last year following a similar...

MONTREAL - Indigenous leaders are renewing their calls for the Quebec government to recognize systemic racism in the province's health-care system. Paul-mile Ottawa, chief of the Conseil des Atikamekw...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising municipal leaders federal backing and resources toward efforts to address the high cost of housing that he says is creating a crisis for young and m...

A retired Supreme Court justice is calling for significant changes to how the Canadian Armed Forces deals with allegations of sexual misconduct following a months-long review of Canada' military justi...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:50 a.m. Ontario is reporting 699 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths from the virus. The data is based on 20,262 tests. The pr...

OTTAWA - The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has exposed a fault line in the Green party, threatening political unity as lawmakers break from their leader and rank-and-file members clash with party staff...

OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is set to issue guidance today allowing for people who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as their first dose to get an mRNA vaccine for t...