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International organization says Indigenous families will lead unmarked graves report

International organization says Indigenous families will lead unmarked graves report

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The head of an international organization brought in by the federal government to provide communities with options for identifying possible human remains buried near former residential school sites says Indigenous families mu
Senator says more awareness needed of 'invisible crime' of Indigenous identity theft

Senator says more awareness needed of 'invisible crime' of Indigenous identity theft

OTTAWA — Sen. Mary Jane McCallum says Indigenous identity fraud is a damaging but often unseen crime that inflicts serious harm on Indigenous women.

Ski Report

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Oppose Canada's 'xenophobic' foreign property tax, U.S. critics urge Biden admin

Oppose Canada's 'xenophobic' foreign property tax, U.S. critics urge Biden admin

WASHINGTON — The federal government is giving in to the same nationalist impulses it has been fighting for years in the United States, say critics on both sides of the border who oppose Ottawa's new push to discourage foreigners from owning Canadian

Man convicted in brutal murder of Indigenous woman receives day parole

SASKATOON — Family members of a woman brutally murdered in Saskatoon more than 20 years ago say they are devastated the man convicted in her death has received day parole against their wishes and the advice of Correctional Service Canada.

Ski Report

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to www.
Mi'kmaq regalia to return home to Nova Scotia after 130 years in Australian museum

Mi'kmaq regalia to return home to Nova Scotia after 130 years in Australian museum

HALIFAX — Mi’kmaq regalia kept in an Australian museum for more than 130 years will finally be returned to Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia — close to where the items are believed to have been crafted by a Mi’kmaq artist in the 1800s.

Ski Report

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to www.
'Rips your heart out:' Two men learn they were switched at birth in Manitoba hospital

'Rips your heart out:' Two men learn they were switched at birth in Manitoba hospital

Edward Ambrose remembers wanting to be just like his father — a mentor, a hard worker, a proud family man. More than sixty years later, Ambrose would receive shocking news. That man was not his father.
Turpel-Lafond stripped of honorary degree over claims of Indigenous heritage

Turpel-Lafond stripped of honorary degree over claims of Indigenous heritage

REGINA — The University of Regina says it has rescinded the honorary doctor of laws degree it awarded to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond in 2003 as she faces questions about her Indigenous heritage.