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BC residential school demolition, Ontario eases COVID rules : In The News for June 30

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 30 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jun 30, 2021

Residential school survivors pushed for decades to demolish building in northern B.C.

Survivors of a residential school in northern British Columbia have given the community strength and courage to keep pushing in a decades-long fight to demolish the building, says the deputy chief of ...

Greg Fry Jun 30, 2021

B.C. premier says 'extraordinary results' mean most restrictions being lifted

VICTORIA - British Columbia will be moving toward a return to normal life on Canada Day as the province removes most COVID-19 restrictions and allows outdoor gatherings of up to 5,000 people. Premier ...

Jun 29, 2021

Senate passes net-zero bill, set to debate budget bill before rising for summer

OTTAWA - The Senate has passed a government bill to mandate the country reach net-zero emissions by 2050, doing so hours before the upper chamber rises for the summer and a possible fall election. Bil...

Jun 29, 2021

Green party president says Annamie Paul's job still in limbo, demands retraction

OTTAWA - The head of the Greens' governing body says an ultimatum to Leader Annamie Paul still stands, leaving her job in limbo as infighting continues to strain the top rungs of the party. Liana Cusm...

Jun 29, 2021

Meng makes 'unusual' request for admission of HSBC evidence in extradition case

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say they are making an "unusual" request to admit new evidence in her extradition case, but they argue the documents prove the United States has m...

Jun 29, 2021

Indigenous leaders to meet with Pope Francis seeking apology for residential schools

OTTAWA - A delegation of Indigenous leaders will visit the Vatican later this year to press for a papal apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Canadian Conference of Cathol...

Jun 29, 2021

Royal B.C. Museum chairman apologizes after report finds racism, offensive exhibits

VICTORIA - The chairman of the Royal British Columbia Museum is apologizing to an Indigenous whistleblower after a report cited acts of racism and discrimination at the facility in Victoria. The repor...

Jun 29, 2021

Ottawa to close 60 per cent of commercial salmon fisheries to conserve stocks

VANCOUVER - The federal government says it will close several commercial Pacific salmon fisheries in British Columbia and Yukon beginning this season to conserve fish stocks that are on the "verge of ...

Jun 29, 2021

Third wave would have killed more people in Canada without vaccines: Tam

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says without vaccines the third wave of COVID-19 in Canada would have been much deadlier. Dr. Theresa Tam says as vaccines began to roll out among the mos...

Jun 29, 2021