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Apology long overdue for U.S. Indian boarding schools, says former student

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:31:39 EDT

A former student of federal Indian boarding schools in the U.S. says Joe Biden's rare presidential apology was long overdue. "They should have done it years ago," says 74-year-old Rosie Yellowhair.


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Indigenous leaders praise report on Canada's 'disappeared' residential school children

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:29:54 EDT

Kimberly Murray has opened an uncomfortable and difficult but long overdue conversation about justice for Canada’s "disappeared" residential school children, Indigenous leaders say in response to the special interlocutor's two-volume final report.


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Syilx Okanagan woman files lawsuit alleging historic abuse at Vernon Catholic school

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:00:00 EDT

A Syilx Okanagan woman has filed a lawsuit against church authorities and the Canadian government alleging she was physically and sexually abused as a child at a Catholic-run Vernon, B.C., school.


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Sleepy little Falkland, B.C., awakes to big news of superlab drug bust

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 20:13:28 EDT

Falkland locals are still wrapping their heads around the raid of the rural property, likened to a scene out of Breaking Bad, which was part of an RCMP operation that seized drugs and guns worth almost half a billion dollars.


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Re-elected Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc chief wants to celebrate her community

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:00:00 EST

The re-elected chief of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation says she's hoping to forge connections within her community as she looks ahead to her next term.


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