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Watchdog calls rate of child sexual abuse in Nunavut a crisis
IQALUIT - Nunavut's representative for children and youth says the territory's high rate of child sexual abuse amounts to a crisis. Jane Bates testified this week before legislature members to discuss...
Jun 23, 2021
Alberta commits $8 million to locate and honour victims at residential school sites
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is contributing $8 million in grants to assist First Nations and Mtis communities locate the remains and honour the memories of residential school victims. Premier Ja...
Jun 23, 2021
Witnesses: Airstrike in Ethiopia's Tigray kills more than 50
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopia's northern Tigray village of Togoga on Tuesday and killed at least 51 people, according to health workers who said soldiers blocked med...
Jun 23, 2021
Canada to provide residential school records to U.S. if needed: minister
OTTAWA - Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says Ottawa is open to providing archival data on residential schools to the U.S. government to help with its recently announced investigation int...
Jun 23, 2021
Scale and speed of change needed to achieve 2030 climate goal a challenge, says PBO
OTTAWA - A new report from Canada's parliamentary budget officer says the speed at which change needs to happen for how people drive and heat buildings will make it tough for the Liberal government to...
Jun 23, 2021
Desmond inquiry: Veterans Affairs manager says family violence training was needed
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier in Nova Scotia killed his family and himself in 2017 is hearing from his case manager at Veterans Affairs, who testified today th...
Jun 23, 2021
Class action alleging RCMP abuse of Indigenous people in Northern Canada certified
TORONTO - A lawsuit alleging RCMP systematically brutalized Indigenous people in Northern Canada can proceed as a class action despite objections from the government, Federal Court ruled on Wednesday....
Jun 23, 2021
Boost to seniors benefit this summer and beyond could cost $10.7 billion, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer is estimating the Liberals' plan to send one-time payments this summer to seniors over 75 and then boost their old-age benefits thereafter will cost slightly ...
Jun 23, 2021
Canadian Bianca Andreescu ousted in second round of Wimbledon tune-up
EASTBOURNE, United Kingdom - Canada's Bianca Andreescu is out of the Viking International after suffering a second-round loss on Wednesday. The third-seeded Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., lost 6-3...
Jun 23, 2021
'We lost every window': disused church vandalized
A family near Duck Lake has been left 'heartbroken' by extensive damage vandals have caused to a disused church building they bought recently. However, there's hope the community will rally around and...
Jun 23, 2021