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'Significant step towards reconciliation:' N.W.T. introduces bill to implement UNDRIP

'Significant step towards reconciliation:' N.W.T. introduces bill to implement UNDRIP

Yellowknife Mar 30, 2023 / 1:57 pm

The Northwest Territories government has introduced a bill to guide implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which...

Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry identifies many RCMP failings, recommends overhaul

Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry identifies many RCMP failings, recommends overhaul

Nova Scotia Mar 30, 2023 / 1:52 pm

UPDATE 1:52 p.m. Here are some of the main recommendations from the public inquiry into the mass shooting that claimed 22 lives in Nova Scotia on April 18-19,...

'Into the air': One victim of Calgary house explosion likely in hospital for 6 months

'Into the air': One victim of Calgary house explosion likely in hospital for 6 months

Calgary Mar 30, 2023 / 1:44 pm

A member of Calgary's South Sudanese community says 10 victims of a home explosion were blown into the air before falling into a fiery basement below. The...

House passes bill creating carve-outs for farmers in Canada's carbon pricing scheme

House passes bill creating carve-outs for farmers in Canada's carbon pricing scheme

Ottawa Mar 30, 2023 / 1:37 pm

A private member's bill that would create specific carve-outs for farmers in Canada's carbon pricing scheme has passed in the House of Commons. The bill...

Former priest, 93, acquitted of assaulting girl at residential school decades ago

Former priest, 93, acquitted of assaulting girl at residential school decades ago

Winnipeg Mar 30, 2023 / 9:34 am

A judge has acquitted a now-retired priest of forcing himself on a residential school student more than 50 years ago, saying she believes an assault happened...

Quebec children under 14 to be banned from working most jobs

Quebec children under 14 to be banned from working most jobs

Quebec Mar 30, 2023 / 9:32 am

The Quebec government has tabled a bill that would prevent children under the age of 14 from working most jobs. Labour Minister Jean Boulet says Bill 19 is the...

Manslaughter charge laid in Yukon overdose death

Manslaughter charge laid in Yukon overdose death

Yukon Mar 30, 2023 / 9:25 am

A Yukon man has been charged with manslaughter in an opioid overdose death last year. Police say the charge is the first of its kind in the territory, which had...

'It's going to take the community': Yukon faces Canada's worst toxic drug death rate

'It's going to take the community': Yukon faces Canada's worst toxic drug death rate

Yukon Mar 30, 2023 / 7:00 am

When the doors close at night at the administration office at Yukon’s Carcross Tagish First Nation, a van hits the road and drives through the communities...

Move toward 'economic reconciliation' must also come with healing: AFN national chief

Move toward 'economic reconciliation' must also come with healing: AFN national chief

Mar 30, 2023 / 6:34 am

Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says advancing "economic reconciliation" must go hand in hand with helping communities...

Montreal mayor denounces vandalism of synagogue defaced with antisemitic graffiti

Montreal mayor denounces vandalism of synagogue defaced with antisemitic graffiti

Montreal Mar 30, 2023 / 6:17 am

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is expressing her support for the city's Jewish community after a historic synagogue was defaced with antisemitic...

Advocates urge officials to heed grieving mom's plea for more mental health, housing

Advocates urge officials to heed grieving mom's plea for more mental health, housing

Toronto Mar 30, 2023 / 6:12 am

Advocates are urging government officials to heed a grieving mother's plea for more funding and support for mental health, housing and social services after...

As Canadians miss out on benefits, Ottawa promises automatic tax filing is on the way

As Canadians miss out on benefits, Ottawa promises automatic tax filing is on the way

Mar 30, 2023 / 6:10 am

The Canada Revenue Agency will pilot a new automatic system next year to help vulnerable Canadians who don't file their taxes get their benefits. This...

Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine

Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine

Mar 30, 2023 / 6:05 am

The Vatican on Thursday responded to Indigenous demands and formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery,” the theories backed by 15th-century...

Five things to know about Canada's electricity overhaul as budget spurs clean tech

Five things to know about Canada's electricity overhaul as budget spurs clean tech

Mar 29, 2023 / 6:23 pm

Clean electricity was one of the stars of Tuesday's federal budget, with almost $1 in every $8 of new spending the budget anticipates in the next five years...

Calgary police identify 15-year-old girl killed in shooting, investigation continues

Calgary police identify 15-year-old girl killed in shooting, investigation continues

Calgary Mar 29, 2023 / 4:13 pm

Calgary police have identified a 15-year-old girl who was fatally shot this week as investigators try to determine whether she was the intended target or if it...

Alleged Quebec cop killer was on probation, had history of mental health problems

Alleged Quebec cop killer was on probation, had history of mental health problems

Quebec Mar 29, 2023 / 2:10 pm

A Quebec man accused of killing a provincial police officer had a history of mental health issues and had been found not criminally responsible at least five...

Man charged with murder in 2020 mosque stabbing found not criminally responsible

Man charged with murder in 2020 mosque stabbing found not criminally responsible

Toronto Mar 29, 2023 / 2:09 pm

A man accused of killing a 58-year-old Muslim man outside a Toronto mosque has been found not criminally responsible in the case. Guilherme (William) Von...

Fight against toxic mining runoff from Canada persists, say U.S. Indigenous leaders

Fight against toxic mining runoff from Canada persists, say U.S. Indigenous leaders

Kootenays Mar 29, 2023 / 1:32 pm

U.S. Indigenous leaders from the Pacific Northwest say they won't give up trying to convince Canada's federal government to agree to a bilateral...

Clock ticks on Liberal-NDP deal as budget omits pharmacare bill promised in 2023

Clock ticks on Liberal-NDP deal as budget omits pharmacare bill promised in 2023

Mar 29, 2023 / 1:27 pm

One of the Liberals' outstanding promises for 2023 in their deal with the NDP was conspicuously absent from the federal budget. The confidence-and-supply...

'A crisis': Calgary charity seeks one-month homes for Ukrainian refugees after influx

'A crisis': Calgary charity seeks one-month homes for Ukrainian refugees after influx

Calgary Mar 29, 2023 / 1:12 pm

After six months under Russian occupation, Dmytro Syrman and his family decided to flee Ukraine for a safer life abroad and are now in Calgary. The family...

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