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Forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women ongoing, Senate report reveals

OTTAWA — She was screaming that she "didn't want this," but it happened anyway. A Cree woman had just given birth to her sixth child in Saskatoon, when she was presented with a consent form for her sterilization.

Jun 3, 2021 5:52 PM Read more >

Royal assent given to bill creating national day for truth and reconciliation

OTTAWA — A bill creating a statutory holiday to commemorate the tragic legacy of residential schools in Canada received royal assent Thursday after passing unanimously in the Senate. The swift passage of Bill C-5 means Sept.

Jun 3, 2021 5:21 PM Read more >

Sinclair calls for independent investigation into burial sites, says RCMP are probing

OTTAWA — Retired senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is calling for an independent investigation to examine all burial sites near former residential schools.

Jun 3, 2021 5:09 PM Read more >

Kenney says 'reasonable effort' made to follow COVID-19 rules at whiskey dinner

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he and his ministers made every reasonable effort to comply with health rules during a surreptitiously photographed whiskey-drinks dinner on the patio of the infamous "Sky Palace.

Jun 3, 2021 5:03 PM Read more >

Underlying factors for Inuit highlighted in separate plan to address MMIWG

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Two national Inuit organizations have released their own plan on how to right social, legal and cultural failings identified by a national inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women.

Jun 3, 2021 4:57 PM Read more >

Provinces consider COVID-19 vaccine incentives to reach people not getting shots

Some leaders are mulling incentives to get COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of hard-to-reach populations as infection rates slowly decline in most of the country as more people are inoculated.

Jun 3, 2021 4:45 PM Read more >

Jewish groups decry mock 'eviction notice' sent to residents in Canadian cities

OTTAWA — Jewish advocacy groups are condemning a mock "eviction notice" dropped into mailboxes across Canada as part of a campaign to draw attention to the planned removal of Palestinians from a neighbourhood in East Jerusalem.

Jun 3, 2021 4:41 PM Read more >

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Thursday, June 3, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 5:55 p.m. Alberta health officials are reporting 296 new cases of COVID-19 and five new deaths.

Jun 3, 2021 4:11 PM Read more >

Canada, allies file notice of claim against Iran for downing flight PS752

OTTAWA — Canada, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom have delivered a notice of claim against Iran over its downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, the four countries said Thursday.

Jun 3, 2021 3:26 PM Read more >

Identifying children's remains at B.C. residential school stalled by lack of records

VANCOUVER — A lack of access to records and first-hand data would hinder the ability to identify the remains of 215 children found at a former residential school in Kamloops, says the director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Cen

Jun 3, 2021 2:41 PM Read more >