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N.B. election: Conservative candidate compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools

N.B. election: Conservative candidate compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools

FREDERICTON — A Progressive Conservative candidate in New Brunswick's election is facing calls to withdraw after she compared the province's former policy on gender identity in schools with the residential school system.

Indigenous students and faculty are on the rise — and universities have a moral obligation to support them

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Ceremonies across Canada mark Truth and Reconciliation Day

Ceremonies across Canada mark Truth and Reconciliation Day

The smell of sage and sweetgrass floated in the air Monday over a mostly sombre ceremony in Ottawa to reflect on the legacy of residential schools and remember those who survived — and the thousands who didn't.
B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad vows to 'unleash potential' for Indigenous prosperity

B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad vows to 'unleash potential' for Indigenous prosperity

The federal government has been "absent" and failing to live up to commitments to First Nations on housing and clean water, and a B.C. Conservative government would fix the problems, then send Ottawa the bill, Leader John Rustad said Monday.
Survivors call for reversal of Canada's 'cut' to residential school search spending

Survivors call for reversal of Canada's 'cut' to residential school search spending

OTTAWA — Residential school survivors say the federal government is keeping the truth about those institutions in the dark by cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmarked graves of children who died at the schools.
New Brunswick election: Relations between province, Indigenous Peoples in spotlight

New Brunswick election: Relations between province, Indigenous Peoples in spotlight

FREDERICTON — The October New Brunswick election loomed over events on Monday marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a public commemoration of the painful legacy of the residential school system. At an event in Fredericton, St.
Alberta chief demands action after death of Indigenous man in police custody

Alberta chief demands action after death of Indigenous man in police custody

CALGARY — The chief of a southern Alberta First Nation is demanding a thorough, transparent investigation into the death of an Indigenous man in police custody. Blood Tribe Chief Roy Fox says the death of Jon Wells on Sept.
Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback

Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback

British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members passed a law adopting the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, setting out standards including free, prior and informed consent fo

Reflections on the Canadian Medical Association’s apology to Indigenous Peoples

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Ontario MPP seeks paid provincial holiday for Truth and Reconciliation day

Ontario MPP seeks paid provincial holiday for Truth and Reconciliation day

TORONTO — Ontario's only First Nation representative at Queen's Park plans to soon table proposed legislation, in his own Indigenous language, to have the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation declared a paid provincial holiday.