Communities grapple with what to do with former residential and day schools
The national spotlight on residential schools is also highlighting a difficult question facing some communities over what to do with the buildings that have been left behind. British Columbia's Okanagan Indian Band penned a letter last week to Prime M...
Canada’s vaccine donations to COVAX to come only from its COVAX supply: Gould
OTTAWA — Canada's promise to donate almost 13 million vaccine doses to the global vaccine sharing alliance known as COVAX includes none of the 251 million doses of vaccine Canada bought directly from drug companies. International Development Minister K...
‘So unfair’: Métis take Alberta to court over refusal to discuss consultation policy
EDMONTON — The Métis Nation of Alberta is taking the provincial government to court over what it says is negotiating in bad faith on a consultation agreement. "We feel we have no option," said Audrey Poitras of the Métis Nation of
Costa Rica moves on massive public corruption investigation
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rican authorities executed dozens of searches and arrests Monday as part of a sprawling public corruption investigation centered on the awarding of road construction and maintenance contracts.
Iqaluit school’s contacts and classmates cleared after two COVID-19 cases
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut's chief public health officer says there are no additional cases of COVID-19 at Iqaluit's Aqsarniit middle school after two students tested positive. With an outbreak ongoing in Iqaluit, the Aqsarniit middle school has split...
Reality Winner, NSA contractor in leak case, out of prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former government contractor who was given the longest federal prison sentence imposed for leaks to the news media has been released from prison to home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press
Delicate task for Fed: When to pull back on low-rate support
WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation rising in a fast-rebounding economy, the Federal Reserve is poised this week to discuss when it will take its first steps toward dialing back its ultra-low interest rate policies.
Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day rather than St. John’s Days, says council
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's capital city will no longer celebrate St. John's Days, and council is asking residents to observe National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21 instead. St. John's city council said in a news release Monday
VP Harris in South Carolina to push COVID vaccination drive
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris visited South Carolina on Monday to kick off a nationwide push to vaccinate millions more Americans against the coronavirus as July 4 holiday celebrations loom.
Belarus opposition: Jailed dissident a “hostage” at briefing
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The dissident Belarusian journalist who was arrested when his airliner was diverted to Minsk was brought to a Foreign Ministry news conference on Monday, prompting a journalist to walk out in protest.