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CANADA: Order of Catholic nuns agrees to enhance access to residential school records

CANADA: Order of Catholic nuns agrees to enhance access to residential school records

Calls have grown for the release of residential school records since the discovery of the unmarked graves was announced last month
CANADA Indigenous man sheds light on 'historical wrongs' near cabinet minister's cottage

CANADA Indigenous man sheds light on 'historical wrongs' near cabinet minister's cottage

Johnny Hawke sets up encampment over land claim, just down the beach from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Minister Carolyn Bennett's summer home
ONTARIO: Tourism task force calls on government to incentivize local travel with points card, ads

ONTARIO: Tourism task force calls on government to incentivize local travel with points card, ads

The Tourism Economic Recovery Ministerial Task Force has submitted 10 recommendations to the provincial government
WORLD: Canada to provide residential school records to U.S. if needed, minister says

WORLD: Canada to provide residential school records to U.S. if needed, minister says

Washington will investigate its role in the boarding schools and work to uncover the truth about the loss of human life and the lasting consequences of policies that took hundreds of thousands of children from their families and communities
ONTARIO: Dr. David Williams defends his record during the COVID-19 pandemic

ONTARIO: Dr. David Williams defends his record during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health says some critics don't understand the challenges
CANADA: Indigenous artwork to be displayed on billboards to honour residential schoolchildren

CANADA: Indigenous artwork to be displayed on billboards to honour residential schoolchildren

Hundreds of billboards across the country to honour those whose remains have been found and those who are still missing
ONTARIO: Accelerated second-vaccine eligibility expands in hot spots for Delta variant

ONTARIO: Accelerated second-vaccine eligibility expands in hot spots for Delta variant

People in hot spots who received a first dose of an mRNA vaccine on or before May 30 can move up their second shots as of today
WORLD: Kobe Bryant's widow to settle lawsuit over deadly crash

WORLD: Kobe Bryant's widow to settle lawsuit over deadly crash

If approved by the court, the settlement — first announced by KABC-TV — would end a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit filed against the estate of the pilot and the owner and operator of the helicopter that crashed into a hillside on Jan. 26, 2020
CANADA: Risk-assessment tool for fully vaccinated people coming soon, Tam promises

CANADA: Risk-assessment tool for fully vaccinated people coming soon, Tam promises

Canada is looking at a "risk assessment tool" that will guide Canadians to make a call on their own whether they are safe and comfortable to take off their masks and throw physical distancing to the wind
ONTARIO: Province to spend $8M to staff OPP mental health call program

ONTARIO: Province to spend $8M to staff OPP mental health call program

The Crisis Call Diversion Program will be staffed by mental health and addictions crisis workers at Ontario Provincial Police communications centres