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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 st...
Jun 03, 2021

Power outage purchase orders now available for LLRIB members
Assistance is now available to Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) members who lost food because of the four-day power outage last month.That's according to a public notice, which states those living on-...
Jun 03, 2021

Energy regulator orders Trans Mountain to stop tree clearing work on project
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Canada Energy Regulator has issued an order stopping tree cutting and grass mowing across the entire $12.6-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. A statement from Tran...
Jun 03, 2021

'We were herded away like cattle': Residential school survivor aims to inspire change by walking to Ottawa.
A woman who spent nearly 10 years at a residential school in Prince Albert will begin a journey stretching three provinces and cover over 2,300 kilometers on Saturday.Patricia Ballantyne, 47, plans to...
Jun 03, 2021

Senate unanimously passes 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 has been passed unanimously by the Senate. Bill C-5 is expected to receive royal assent l...
Jun 03, 2021

Jewish groups decry mock 'eviction notice' sent to residents in Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Jewish advocacy groups are condemning a mock "eviction notice" dropped in mailboxes across Canada as part of a campaign to draw attention to the planned removal of Palestinians from a neighbo...
Jun 03, 2021

Kenney says 'reasonable effort' made to follow COVID 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 t...
Jun 03, 2021

Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey dead at 87
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two stat...
Jun 03, 2021

100,000 Saskatchewan residents now fully vaccinated against COVID-19
The Saskatchewan government reported today that over 100,000 Saskatchewan residents have been fully vaccinated and an additional 14,579 vaccines have been administered. This brings the total numbers v...
Jun 03, 2021

Canada beats Russia in overtime in world hockey championship quarterfinal
RIGA, Latvia - Andrew Mangiapane scored in overtime as Canada beat Russia 2-1 in quarterfinal action at the world hockey championship on Thursday. The Calgary Flames forward's goal, on a pass from Tro...
Jun 03, 2021