Jan
Williams Lake First Nation announced on Monday that preliminary results of the first phase of a geophysical search at St Joseph Mission Residential School uncovered 93 “reflections” – believed to be unmarked gravesites. “Ninety-three is our number,” Chief Willie Sellars told reporters. Hundreds of unmarked graves have been discovered at former residential school sites across […]
Jan
A C$40bn agreement-in-principle has been reached in Canada to reform the child welfare system for First Nations people and compensate more than 200,000 individuals and families who suffered because of it. At the heart of the deal is a legacy of discrimination in child welfare systems that saw many children removed from their homes and […]
Dec
The Public Health Agency of Canada accessed location data from 33 million mobile devices to monitor people’s movement during lockdown, the agency revealed this week. Article content “Due to the urgency of the pandemic, (PHAC) collected and used mobility data, such as cell-tower location data, throughout the COVID-19 response,” a spokesperson told National Post. The […]
Dec
David and Casey Hillier were both charged with assaulting police and resisting arrest following an incident at the Hilliers’ home on June 5, 2020. West Grey police were called to the Hillier home to remove an unwanted person, but the police visit ended with David Hillier suffering life-threatening injuries, including eight fractured ribs, a collapsed […]
Dec
Parents and students at an elementary school in Chelsea, Que. say they are shocked a teacher was removed from the classroom for wearing a hijab. The Western Quebec School Board confirms the Grade 3 teacher at Chelsea Elementary School was removed from the classroom because of Bill 21, Quebec’s law that bans the wearing of […]
Oct
A man with a history of promoting hate was sentenced in a Canadian court Monday to 18 months behind bars for contravening six court orders to stop making defamatory comments about restaurant owner Mohamad Fakih. Kevin J. Johnston, a mayoral candidate for the city of Calgary, Alberta, was jailed by Justice Fred Myers for breaking […]
Aug
Canada’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia violate international law, a new report published by human rights organizations, namely Amnesty International Canada and Project Ploughshares, said Wednesday. Two prominent groups urged Ottawa to halt further weapons exports to Riyadh and accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government of violating the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), an international agreement […]
Aug
In the province of Ontario Lindsay Prisonwho died on December 15, 2016 Suleyman Fakiri An important step has been recorded in the legal struggle of his family for his family. Investigating Fakiri’s cause of death, Ontario Forensic Institute Pathology Service Chief Dr. Michael Pollanen presented his report to the court after his examination. Dr. In the Pollanen report; […]
Jun
When Jackie Bromley heard that the remains of 215 children were found at the site of a former residential school in B.C., she had flashbacks to her time at St. Mary’s Residential School on the Blood Reserve in southern Alberta. Bromley, who is now 70, remembers students talking about graves behind the school when she […]
Aug
A new survey suggests the number of Canadians who’ve experienced homelessness in their lives may be higher than reported — and could rise due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey, commissioned by the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH) and conducted by Nanos Research, suggests five per cent of Canadians have been homeless themselves, while […]
