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Kenney equated removing statues and renaming institutions with erasing from history these figures and thereby not allowing Canadians to understand, learn and grow from past actions, even those deemed reprehensible.

Those struggling with service-related sexual trauma are being referred away from existing peer-support programs, which are largely focused on PTSD and other psychological injuries.

"It doesn't get any easier, it brings everything back to the families," said lawyer Tim Danson, who represents the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy.

While MPs, including Liberals, said they didn't support sex-selective abortion, they blasted the law in previous debates as a Trojan horse attempting to restrict the reproductive rights of women, also questioning the sources of information presented in support of the bill's cause. 

Meanwhile, the Catholic Church's role in the government-funded, church-operated institutions has renewed calls for the Vatican to apologize and contribute financially to Indigenous healing programs. 

Okotoks Mark Sutherland questions reasoning for stopping 2021 Rangeland Derby

The orphaned cubs, a male and a female, were relocated by wildlife specialists into a remote backcountry area within their mother’s traditional home range, which included parts of Banff and Yoho national parks.

The arrival of more Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots comes after Health Canada's Saturday decision to extend the expiry date of tens of thousands of AstraZeneca doses by one month.

Bear attacks are infrequent in Alberta, rarely totalling more than one a year, although there were three in 2005.

Parks Canada confirmed two people have died in an avalanche on the Banff and Jasper national parks border.