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B.C. nations say 182 unmarked graves found in cemetery near former residential school

CRANBROOK, B.C. — Two First Nations say a search using ground-penetrating radar has found the remains of 182 people in unmarked graves at a site close to a former residential school in the southern Interior of British Columbia.

Jun 30, 2021 6:01 PM Read more >

Attorney general says HSBC evidence isn't relevant to Meng's extradition case

VANCOUVER — Lawyers for Canada's attorney general are urging a B.C. Supreme Court judge to dismiss Meng Wanzhou's application to submit new evidence in her extradition hearing that her legal team claims would "fatally" undermine the case against her.

Jun 30, 2021 5:49 PM Read more >

Body of man found in septic tank in 1977 identified using genetic genealogy: RCMP

EDMONTON — The 44-year mystery around the identity of a man whose scorched body was found in a septic tank has been solved with a forensic technique used to find the Golden State Killer in the United States, Alberta RCMP say.

Jun 30, 2021 5:38 PM Read more >

Annamie Paul to face non-confidence vote by party brass in less than three weeks

OTTAWA — Green Leader Annamie Paul is facing a non-confidence vote next month as internal strife continues to roil the party ahead of a possible election this year.

Jun 30, 2021 4:40 PM Read more >

Politicians, Indigenous leaders say burning churches not the way to get justice

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says he understands the rage, frustration and pain brought on by the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential schools, but funnelling that anguish into burning down churches will not bring

Jun 30, 2021 4:20 PM Read more >

Western heat shifts in some areas of B.C., territories, but still blazing elsewhere

Record-breaking sizzling temperatures hitting parts of eastern B.C. and the Prairies is extremely significant and signals how global warming is making heat waves across the region, an Environment Canada meteorologist says.

Jun 30, 2021 4:20 PM Read more >

Fire destroys Catholic church north of Edmonton, town cancels Canada Day festivities

MORINVILLE, Alta. — Alberta's premier is condemning what he calls "arson attacks at Christian churches" after a historic parish was destroyed in a fire that prompted a small town to cancel its Canada Day celebrations.

Jun 30, 2021 3:31 PM Read more >

Yukon asks for federal help as territory battles widespread transmission of COVID-19

WHITEHORSE — Yukon's chief public health officer paused and fought back tears as he urged residents to follow COVID-19 public health orders to help fight widespread community transmission that has pushed hospitals to their limits. Dr.

Jun 30, 2021 3:29 PM Read more >

Allowing navy commander to keep job after Vance golf game is disturbing: Freeland

OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is "disturbed" by the military's decision to let the commander of the Royal Canadian Navy keep his job after golfing with the former chief of the defence staff under military police investigat

Jun 30, 2021 2:53 PM Read more >

'No guarantees' of papal apology for residential schools after Vatican trip: AFN

OTTAWA — Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says there are no guarantees an Indigenous delegation travelling to the Vatican will lead to Pope Francis apologizing in Canada for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools —

Jun 30, 2021 2:36 PM Read more >

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