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'Have conversations:' Experts urge learning truth about residential schools
Stephanie Scott shed tears with her daughter and five-year-old grandchild when remains of what are believed to be more than 200 children were found on the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residentia...
Jun 04, 2021
Statistics Canada set to unveil May jobs numbers
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say today how the job market fared in May as lockdowns to slow the pandemic continued to keep many businesses closed. The economy lost 207,000 jobs in April as a spike ...
Jun 04, 2021
Canada looking to U.S. to help end Moderna delivery delays
OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada is trying to negotiate a deal to start getting doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine from the United States instead of Europe. All 5.7 million doses...
Jun 04, 2021
Chief Justice Richard Wagner stresses need to boost Indigenous reconciliation efforts
OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice says judges must be alert to the history and experience of Indigenous peoples, and should make the same commitment to those of other cultures and communities. In a rece...
Jun 04, 2021
From the Beatles to Elton John: Oldest DJ's storied career
HONG KONG (AP) - Ray Cordeiro considers himself the luckiest radio DJ in the world. In a storied career spanning over 70 years in Hong Kong, Cordeiro has interviewed superstars including the Beatles a...
Jun 03, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, June 3, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 3, 2021. There are 1,387,445 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,387,445 confirmed cases (27,790 active...
Jun 03, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on June 3, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 3, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 410,178 new vaccinations administered for a total of 24,924,...
Jun 03, 2021
Most vaccinated California workers must keep masks on
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Conflicted California workplace regulators approved controversial rules that allow workers to go maskless only if every employee in a room is fully vaccinated against the cor...
Jun 03, 2021
Reports: Organizer of Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil arrested
HONG KONG (AP) - A member of the committee that organizes Hong Kong's annual candlelight vigil for the victims of the Tiananmen Square crackdown was arrested early Friday on the 32nd anniversary, loca...
Jun 03, 2021
Jets forward Scheifele suspended four games for hit on Canadiens forward Jake Evans
Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele has been suspended four games for his crushing hit on Jake Evans of the Montreal Canadiens in their playoff series opener Wednesday night. The NHL's Department of P...
Jun 03, 2021