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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Tuesday, June 15, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:20 a.m. The Quebec government is reporting 105 new cases of COVID-19 and six additional deaths attributed to the novel corona...

Jun 15, 2021

Slipshod practices might mean gaps in Canada's COVID-19 record, info watchdog says

OTTAWA - The federal information watchdog says key government decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic might be lost to history because of a sudden shift to new technologies and long-standing poor recor...

Jun 15, 2021

Ontario commits $10 million to investigate burial sites at residential schools

Ontario is committing $10 million to identify, investigate and commemorate burial sites on the grounds of former residential schools in the province. The money will also go toward culturally appropria...

Jun 15, 2021

Bloc Québécois doubles down on motion on Quebec nationhood, constitutional change

OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois is taking a second stab at getting MPs to recognize Quebec's right to unilaterally change the Constitution in line with proposed reforms to the province's language law. Leade...

Jun 15, 2021

Violent extremists driven by ideology turning to virtual currencies: federal centre

OTTAWA - The federal financial intelligence centre warns that violent extremists driven by causes including racial hatred are increasingly turning to virtual currencies for fundraising. In a newly pub...

Jun 15, 2021

Extremists turn to virtual currencies, NATO in space : In The News for June 15

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jun 15, 2021

Beaver secretion found as part of ancient throwing dart in Yukon

WHITEHORSE - Researchers say they've discovered castoreum, a secretion beavers use to mark their territory, in a 6,000-year-old throwing dart in the Yukon. The researchers from the Canadian Conservati...

Jun 15, 2021

Days after Kamloops remains discovery, Tk'emlups families gather to unite, move ahead

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An extraordinary gathering of Indigenous family leaders occurred in the days following the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at the site of the former K...

Jun 15, 2021

Trudeau to visit Pfizer on final day of international pandemic trip, begin quarantine

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is spending the last day of his first international trip in more than a year visiting a plant that played a pivotal role in Canada's early rollout of the COVID-1...

Jun 15, 2021

Lawyers supporting compensation for Indigenous kids taken into care present arguments

OTTAWA - A case involving Indigenous children taken into foster care by what all parties call Canada's "broken child-welfare system" will begin its second day of hearings at Federal Court today. A fed...

Jun 15, 2021