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A building once used as an Indian day school on a northern Manitoba First Nation has sustained extensive damage from a fire Thursday morning.

F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two states, has died, a former colleague said Thursday.

COVID-19 cases in the U.K. have been climbing steadily since the appearance of the variant, originally found in India, known as delta or B.1.617.2. Communities with outbreaks have launched mass coronavirus testing and stepped up vaccination campaigns, but experts are urging a delay in the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, expected June 21.

China watchers are intrigued by a speech delivered this week by China's supreme leader Xi Jinping — one that appeared to extend a large and unexpected olive branch to the world. But there's little consensus on how much observers should read into Xi's words and what they might mean for Canada.

The Yukon government has signed an agreement to establish a separate school board for First Nations in the territory, paving the way for schools geared specifically toward Indigenous students.

The public inquiry examining the circumstances of the Nova Scotia mass shooting is calling for Frank Magazine to remove “highly sensitive” audio of 911 calls placed the night 13 residents were murdered in Portapique.

Indigenous women's organizations and advocates say the newly released national action plan to end violence against Indigenous women and girls is not an adequate response to the crisis.

More than a dozen lawyers from across Canada have formally requested the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigate the Canadian government and the Vatican for crimes against humanity following preliminary reports that the remains of children were discovered at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. 

Retired senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is calling for an independent investigation to examine all burial sites near former residential schools.

Retired senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is calling for an independent investigation to examine all burial sites near former residential schools.

Kim's Convenience actor Simu Liu criticized the show's 'overwhelmingly white' producers for discounting input from Asian cast members, revealed that the actors were paid at an 'absolute horsepoop rate' and that showrunners were 'epically reclusive.'

Twitter is rolling out a subscription service, starting in Canada and Australia, that offers perks like an undo button for subscribers.

U.S. President Joe Biden plans to allocate 75 per cent of unused COVID-19 vaccines through the United Nations-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing program, the White House announced Thursday.

Two commissioners from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission say Ottawa needs to act more urgently to respond to its Calls to Action — and creating a national monument for residential school survivors would be a start.

Two years after the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) released its landmark report, the federal government today presented its response — promising a series of "transformative changes" to tackle the persistent inequities Indigenous people face when dealing with the justice system.

A lack of access to records and first-hand data would hinder the ability to identify the remains of 215 children found at a former residential school in Kamloops, says the director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at the University of British Columbia.

Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele was suspended four games on for his "vicious" hit on Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans.

Air Canada is heading for a bout of political turbulence as Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland signalled her displeasure over millions in bonuses to the airline's executives as the company negotiated a federal bailout.

Buckingham Palace barred ethnic minorities from office jobs during the 1960s, the Guardian newspaper reported Thursday, citing documents in Britain's National Archives.

The front lines of Canada's COVID-19 battle remain asymmetrical, with promising progress occurring in provinces alongside continuing challenges in others.

When Thairu Taban and Josslyn Mounsey landed dispatcher jobs at Metrolinx in May 2019, it felt like everything was falling into place. But then they were suddenly fired for failing Toronto police background checks despite having no criminal records.

From $17-an-hour McDonald's jobs to reports of employers hungry for workers, Canadian employees may be hoping for higher wages. Can a stimulus jobs boom reverse a 40-year trend?

When Indigenous people have narrative sovereignty, stereotypes and myths fall away and we are free to truly represent ourselves.

Federal government could achieve the constitutional enshrinement of Quebec's desire for French unilingual and nation status, while simultaneously ridding the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of the notwithstanding clause, writes Peter L. Biro.

An Indigenous man who is partially paralyzed filed a complaint with St. Michael's Hospital after he says he was kicked out of the ER for swearing and left outside in the cold in a wheelchair he couldn't operate.

An Indigenous man who is partially paralyzed filed a complaint with St. Michael's Hospital after he says he was kicked out of the ER for swearing and left outside in the cold in a wheelchair he couldn't operate.

The RCMP says it's reviewing its procurement processes for items that could be used to impersonate an officer after CBC News found a federal website offered detailed instructions on how to outfit a police vehicle. The site had been visited by the Nova Scotia man who went on a shooting rampage disguised as a Mountie in 2020.

The federal government is set to release its national action plan Thursday in response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls' findings and its numerous recommendations.

The craft beer industry has been rocked by hundreds of stories of sexism, misogyny, abuse and assault against women that have come to light on social media — allegations that stand in stark contrast to the feel-good and friendly image the sector has long conveyed.

The craft beer industry has been rocked by hundreds of stories of sexism, misogyny, abuse and assault against women that have come to light on social media — allegations that stand in stark contrast to the feel-good and friendly image the sector has long conveyed.

After lagging behind other countries in the early months of vaccination, Canada is now among the leaders when it comes to the percentage of the population vaccinated against COVID-19 with at least one dose. But the next steps could get harder.

Until fairly recently, the Canadian political conversation about Indigenous reconciliation was on a steady, slow-moving track. Kamloops changed everything — and there's no going back.

The Archdiocese of Vancouver has issued a statement in which it commits to being "fully transparent" with its archives and records regarding residential schools after children's remains were reportedly discovered in Kamloops.

A total of 158 people have now been arrested since RCMP began enforcing a British Columbia court injunction ordering the removal of blockades aimed at preventing old-growth logging on southwestern Vancouver Island.

Air passengers entering Canada who refuse to quarantine in a designated hotel will soon be subject to a $5,000 fine.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Eric Staal scored early in the first period to set the stage for the Montreal Canadiens' 5-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 1 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Wednesday.

The dispute over the cross-border Line 5 pipeline is entirely for Michigan to deal with, the state's attorney general argues in a legal brief released Wednesday that flatly rejects Canada's depiction of a foreign-policy matter that Ottawa and the White House must resolve.

A western Canadian Indigenous leader is condemning cancel culture remarks made by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, and says it reinforces a recent decision to scrap a formal working agreement with the province.

June 2, 2021 | Ottawa promises funding to help First Nations communities search for unmarked graves at former residential schools as calls for accountability from the Catholic Church grow louder. Ontario is keeping schools closed for the rest of the year. Plus, The Tragically Hip join with Feist for the Junos.

June 2, 2021 | Ottawa makes money available to help First Nations communities search for unmarked graves at former residential schools as calls for accountability from the Catholic church grow louder. Ontario is keeping schools closed for the rest of the year. Plus, The Tragically Hip join with Feist for a special performance.

A man serving a life sentence for murdering a Hay River RCMP officer has married and fathered a child while in prison.

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens's idea to hold vaccination clinics for Canadians in the tunnel linking the Ontario city with Detroit has moved closer to reality. "Your feet will be firmly planted in Canada and the pharmacist's feet will be firmly planted in the U.S., and they'll just reach across and give you the vaccine."

NASA is returning to sizzling Venus, our closest yet perhaps most overlooked neighbour, after decades of exploring other worlds.