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For years, Ken Johnston has hiked Black heritage trails across the U.S., retracing the steps of civil rights pioneers and the freedom seekers who fled slavery and made the long journey north. In 2022, to mark the 200th birthday of abolitionist Harriet Tubman, he trekked from New York City to …

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 …

Government funding has been secured for a temporary dock in a northern Alberta community that made headlines last year after Indigenous leaders raised concerns about contamination at a federally owned dock site.   Last fall, three Indigenous groups accused the federal government of keeping them in the dark about chemical contamination at …

This First Person article is the experience of Damien Haogak, who lives in Yellowknife. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.  After four years of university in Edmonton, I moved back to Yellowknife in 2023 with my partner. The pandemic meant I didn’t have many …

There’ll be a lot of emotions circulating at B.C. Place on Wednesday when Canada’s new women’s professional soccer league officially launches. And Lydia Bedford wants one in particular to be dominant for her Calgary Wild as they take on the Vancouver Rise in the first-ever Northern Super League game. “The …

The discovery of a huge unexploded Second World War-era bomb near the tracks severed Paris’s high-speed rail links with London and Brussels on Friday, dashing weekend getaway plans and causing cascading travel disruptions. Eurostar, operator of sleek high-speed trains between the U.K. and the continent, announced the cancellation of all …

The world’s largest religious gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, turned deadly Wednesday, with officials confirming at least 30 deaths and 60 people injured in a stampede on the biggest day of the festival.  Some 100 million people were expected to converge on one of the holiest spots …

Front Burner After a long awaited ceasefire deal, and with much of Gaza in ruins, what does it look like to return to a place obliterated by war? Front Burner · Posted: Jan 31, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 6 hours ago Front Burner28:11The harrowing return to northern …

Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed along the main roads leading north in Gaza on Monday, jubilant to be returning after months of living in temporary shelter but fearful of what might remain of their homes amid the bombed-out ruins. Their return, which had been delayed on the weekend, went ahead after Hamas …

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or who know someone affected by it.  Three criminal cases were thrown out of Manitoba’s courts in 2024 due to excessive delays — and each one involved men accused of sex crimes in the northern part of the province. …