Indigenous News

People donned orange clothing and gathered by the hundreds across Canada on Saturday to acknowledge the systemic oppression of Indigenous people by marking the third annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

QUEBEC — The Quebec government intends to table a bill in the coming days to enable it to join a class action lawsuit brought by British Columbia against more than 40 pharmaceutical companies accused of downplaying the harmful effects of opioids.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's two major political party leaders marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in very different ways Saturday.

TORONTO — Sgt. Chantal Larocque hopes that singing "O Canada" in English, French and Algonquin at Rogers Centre before a Toronto Blue Jays game will open everyone's eyes to the possibilities of creating a more inclusive game experience.

TORONTO — You may assume Toronto singer-songwriter JP Saxe is as intensely acquainted with his innermost emotions as anyone could be. He insists you would be wrong.

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Allan Hirsh sits on a lawn chair on a cool fall evening in North Bay, Ont., pondering the mixed emotions he's been feeling since his community made international headlines.

'Coming Home for the Children' depicts Charlene SanJenko’s journey to reconnect with her Splatsin ancestry and community and will premiere at the Sechelt Arts Festival next month.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays will have their champagne on ice tonight. A win over the Tampa Bay Rays this afternoon will clinch a post-season berth for Toronto for a second straight year.

OTTAWA — The RCMP says it has introduced mandatory security awareness training for employees, one of several changes prompted by the 2019 arrest of a senior civilian member for allegedly leaking classified information.

VANCOUVER — Megan McLaren thought her future career was in law enforcement, but her path radically shifted thanks in part to psychedelic drug therapy, she says.