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CANADA: Peaceful protest to raise residential school awareness held outside Northern Ontario church

CANADA: Peaceful protest to raise residential school awareness held outside Northern Ontario church

'It’s not an attack on one individual church. We want this to go higher,' says one of the protesters
ONTARIO: More lawsuits pending over fake Norval Morrisseau art

ONTARIO: More lawsuits pending over fake Norval Morrisseau art

Lawyer Jonathan Sommer wants to hear from others who want to join an action
CANADA: Documents detail outreach, take-up of little-used federal victims benefit

CANADA: Documents detail outreach, take-up of little-used federal victims benefit

The Liberals overhauled the program following a critical review of the benefit by a federal watchdog in 2018 that showed administrative costs far outstripped the amounts paid to parents
ONTARIO: Free app offering a tour of Francophone destinations to promote tourism in the North

ONTARIO: Free app offering a tour of Francophone destinations to promote tourism in the North

Available in both English and French, Destination Northern Ontario app offers ten points of interest in nine cities with interactive maps and videos 
CANADA: Country's tragic residential-school reckoning could be grim harbinger for U.S.

CANADA: Country's tragic residential-school reckoning could be grim harbinger for U.S.

'They don't teach this in schools,' says prominent U.S. Indigenous activist. 'Now we're no longer able to hide from those truths.'
WORLD: Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd's death

WORLD: Chauvin gets 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd's death

With good behavior, Chauvin, 45, could be paroled after serving two-thirds of his sentence, or about 15 years
CANADA: Trudeau says Canada Day should be time of reflection after unmarked graves discovered

CANADA: Trudeau says Canada Day should be time of reflection after unmarked graves discovered

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has said he believes Canada Day shouldn't be cancelled and the tragedies of the past should be used as motivation to build a better country
CANADA: Bennett apologizes after Wilson-Raybould calls out her 'Pension?' message as racist

CANADA: Bennett apologizes after Wilson-Raybould calls out her 'Pension?' message as racist

Bennett messaged the word "Pension?" in response to a Wilson-Raybould tweet urging the prime minister to quit his "selfish jockeying" for an election and focus, as promised, on reconciliation with Indigenous people
WORLD: 'Reckless acts and omissions' by Iran caused deadly Flight 752 crash, report says

WORLD: 'Reckless acts and omissions' by Iran caused deadly Flight 752 crash, report says

All 176 people on board Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 were killed, including 55 Canadian citizens
CANADA: First Nation to hold news conference about discovery of 'hundreds of unmarked graves'

CANADA: First Nation to hold news conference about discovery of 'hundreds of unmarked graves'

The Cowessess First Nation says the number of unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School will be the most substantial to date found in Canada