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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 …

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, …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Survivors dug by hand Thursday through villages in eastern Afghanistan that were reduced to rubble by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people, as the Taliban and the international community that fled their takeover struggled to aid the disaster’s victims. In Paktika province’s hard-hit Gayan district, villagers stood …

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Residential school survivor Emma Reelis is standing in a St. John’s garden that is overgrown with weeds as she recounts the pain of what happened at schools in Newfoundland and Labrador. There was physical, sexual and psychological abuse. Children lost their languages and cultures. “I can only speak …

Residential school survivors met with Catholic bishops in Winnipeg Wednesday to discuss what they’d like to hear from Pope Francis when he visits Canada this summer. The Pope is expected to apologize for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in abuses suffered at the schools, but it’s the wording of that apology that was the focus of …