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Six months after an unthinkable tragedy, survivors and family members of victims of the Highway 1 bus crash near Carberry are uniting in grief and healing. On June 15, a bus carrying 25 people, many of them seniors from the Dauphin area, collided with a semi on the Trans-Canada Highway …
Read More »Two injured survivors discharged from hospital following Manitoba bus crash – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 11, 2023 4:57 pm Updated July 11, 2023 8:05 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two people injured in a fiery bus crash on a Manitoba highway in June have been discharged from hospital. Shared Health, the provincial health …
Read More »Former Olympian inspires Winnipeg cancer survivors in Dragon Boat coaching session – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Kamini Jain, who was on Canada’s Olympic Sprint Kayak team in 2000 and 2004, stopped in on Winnipeg’s Chemo Savvy Dragon Boat Team on Saturday for a special coaching session. The team is made up entirely of breast cancer survivors. Jain coached …
Read More »13 survivors of human trafficking ‘saved’ by a citizen phone call, Peel police say – Toronto
Peel Regional Police say a phone call from a member of the community led to investigators “saving 13 people” as part of a human trafficking investigation. Deputy Chief Nick Milinovich told reporters on Wednesday that through Project Pacific, five people have been arrested and more than a dozen survivors were …
Read More »A mayor in Canada wants other sexual assault survivors to know ‘they’re not alone’
After revealing she was sexually assaulted by a former colleague and friend, political powerhouse Catherine Fournier is speaking out. “I want victims to know they’re not alone,” Fournier, 31, said. “That even a woman in the public sphere, a political figure can be a victim of sexual assault and choose …
Read More »Flag raised on Parliament Hill to honour residential school survivors
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, …
Read More »Day school survivors worry they will be left out of whatever apology Pope makes for residential schools
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 …
Read More »Abuse and harassment survivors ‘silenced’ by non-disclosure agreements fight for change to B.C. law
WARNING: This article contains references to sexual abuse and may affect those who have experienced abuse or know someone affected by it. Not even the death of her father could free Susan MacRae from the legal restraints that prevent her from talking about the sexual abuse she allegedly suffered as a child. …
Read More »Enough seats for survivors at Pope’s mass in Quebec, says papal visit planning team
There will be enough seats for all First Nations survivors who want to attend Pope Francis’s big reconciliation mass in Quebec after all, the planning committee for the papal visit has confirmed. “We will be able to respond to the request of every single survivor of residential schools who would …
Read More »Why these survivors and advocates want more than an apology from the Pope
Residential school survivor Evelyn Korkmaz has yet to decide if she’ll attend any of the events planned during the visit by Pope Francis to Canada at the end of the month. “If I do go, I would like to have a word with the Pope,” said Korkmaz, who is Cree from …
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