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Pope apologizes for church’s role in residential schools
Tears rolled down the cheeks of residential school survivors at the Vatican after Pope Francis delivered a long-awaited apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in the harm those institutions caus...
Apr 01, 2022

2 Spanish soccer players face prison on rape charge
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - The rape trial involving Celta Vigo forward Santi Mina and another Spanish soccer player closed Friday with both men maintaining their innocence. The state prosecutor is asking...
Apr 01, 2022

Bayern Munich says Davies should be back for April 12 Champions League quarterfinal
MUNICH - Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian star Alphonso Davies should be back within two weeks. "Phonzie should be available around the second leg against Villarreal," Nagelsmann ...
Apr 01, 2022

Live updates | Ukraine checks Chernobyl after Russians leave
WARSAW, Poland - Ukraine's foreign minister says that now his country's government is back in control of the Chernobyl nuclear site, it will work with the U.N. atomic agency to determine what the occu...
Apr 01, 2022

Pope begs forgiveness of Indigenous for Canada school abuses
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis begged forgiveness Friday for the "deplorable" abuses suffered by Indigenous Peoples in Canada's residential schools, saying he was ashamed and indignant at all they h...
Apr 01, 2022

A final Papal meeting and raising the price of pollution: In The News for Apr. 1
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Apr.1 ... What we are watching at the Vatican ...
Apr 01, 2022

Carbon price rising to $50 a tonne today, adds 2.2 cents to a litre of gas
OTTAWA - The national price on pollution will go up another $10 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions as scheduled today in most provinces. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is withstanding polit...
Apr 01, 2022

Families describe tense encounters with RCMP on N.S. mass shooting's second day
HALIFAX - Documents released Thursday describe tense and tragic moments as RCMP officers and then distraught family members arrived at the scene of brutal killings during the second day of the 2020 No...
Apr 01, 2022

Watching the "gals": First Nations guardians for caribou cows helps B.C. herd triple
A British Columbia caribou herd has tripled its size in less than decade as other such herds in Canada struggle to even survive. The reason? A combination of predator control, habitat protection and t...
Apr 01, 2022

Vaccinated travellers to Canada no longer need to be tested for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Vaccinated travellers can enter Canada without a COVID-19 test beginning today. The change will spark a surge in travel bookings both into and out of the country, according to the Tourism Ind...
Apr 01, 2022