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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could face a subpoena to testify as a witness during a trial scheduled to begin this month for a class-action lawsuit seeking reparations for the cultural devastation wreaked by residential schools, court records show.  Lawyers representing 325 First Nations — more than half of all recognized First …

The federal government raised the Survivors’ Flag on Parliament Hill today as a way to honour Indigenous people forced to attend residential schools. Survivors of residential schools from across the country attended the event, along with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Stephanie Scott, executive director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, …

Pope Francis said on Wednesday he felt the pain of survivors of Canada’s residential school system and he asked for “forgiveness in the name of the church” for the role many of its members played in abusing children and attempting to erase Indigenous cultures. The pope dedicated his talk at …

WARNING: This story contains distressing details While the word genocide wasn’t heard in any of Pope Francis’s addresses during a week-long trip to Canada, on his flight back to Rome, he said everything he described about the residential school system and its forced assimilation of Indigenous children amounts to genocide. …

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Monday was an emotional day for many residential school survivors in B.C., as the Pope apologized on behalf of the Catholic Church for the abuse they had to endure. For some, the gesture was a long-awaited opportunity for healing. But others told CBC News they were left …

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Margaret Swan’s voice becomes strained as she shares her experience at the Indian day school where she spent five years of her life. “There was so much wrong. So many wrongs done in those schools,” said Swan, a member of the Lake Manitoba First …

Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 19 people, Ukrainian authorities reported a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island. Video of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in …

Rather than awash in red and white, on July 1, 2021, Winnipeg’s downtown core was full of orange worn by thousands of marchers following the discovery of potential unmarked burial sites on the grounds of former residential schools. At a rally following the march, a statue of Queen Victoria was toppled. It wasn’t the usual Canada Day by …

The federal government is expected to soon announce funding for residential school survivors who want to attend the papal visit in-person or by holding their own community events, according to a senior government source. The Vatican confirmed on Thursday that Pope Francis will still travel to Canada from July 24 …

George E. Pachano, left, and his wife, Marie Louise Chakapash Pachano, right, with five-year-old Avaya, in front of a cross that marks the site of the last Anglican residential school on Fort George Island, located near present day Chisasibi. After extensive consultations with survivors and experts, officials here are moving …