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Warning: This story is about survivors of the Indian Boarding homes program and talks about abuse and domestic violence.  Melissa Ethier and Marilyn Gaudreau squeeze onto a single wide chair, and comfort each other, as they open up about what it was like to be removed from their homes in …

Antoinette LaFleur waited most of her life for this day. The Île-à-la-Crosse boarding school survivor and elder was on hand Monday to hear the federal government had signed a $27-million agreement in principle with survivors of the school. “I endured because I was able to tell my story that had …

WARNING: This story contains details of experiences at residential schools. A former student of assimilationist federal Indian boarding schools in the U.S. says Friday’s presidential apology was long overdue. “They should have done it years ago,” said Rosie Yellowhair, 74, a member of the Navajo Nation originally from Steamboat, Ariz.. “I’m glad he did …

U.S. President Joe Biden is scheduled to formally apologize on Friday to Indigenous people in the U.S. for the government’s role in the abuse and neglect of children sent to federal boarding schools to assimilate them into white society. At least 973 Native American children died in the abusive boarding school …

A Hamilton, Ont., dog boarding business is under investigation after a pet owner reported her healthy pocket bully puppy died while under its care. Jenuen Monroe says her experience with the pet sitter has shaken her to the core as she awaits a medical examiner’s report to find out what …

A Toronto man’s trip home from Calgary on a Porter Airlines flight was quickly derailed Sunday after he was denied access to the plane because of his power wheelchair, even after he cleared the issue with the airline before his flight. Ken Harrower was set to board the flight at …