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Some polar bears living in the far north are turning up with ice-related injuries that, in some cases, seriously affect their mobility and may be connected to the warming Arctic. Researchers observing polar bears in two different populations in northern Canada and Greenland found that some were experiencing hair loss, gashes …
Read More »King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ past amid calls for Commonwealth discussions on reparations
King Charles said on Friday the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean countries push for reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Representatives of 56 countries totalling about 2.7 billion people, most with roots in Britain’s empire, are attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) that …
Read More »He abused dozens of Indigenous children in Ontario. But did Jesuit priest’s painful legacy begin in Montreal?
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. As a Jesuit priest in Ontario, George Epoch sexually abused dozens of children in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. But Epoch’s abuse allegedly dates back even earlier, to the 1950s, when he taught at Loyola High School, a private Catholic school in Montreal. Two …
Read More »Old bridge to Alberni Indian Residential School repainted orange in memory of school’s painful past
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A portion of an old bridge that crosses the Somass River on Central Vancouver Island has been returned to its original orange colour in time for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Friday in honour of residential school survivors and those who did …
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