Canada

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, June 1, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 307,826 new vaccinations administered for a total of 24,169,1...

Jun 01, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, June 1, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. There are 1,383,214 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,383,214 confirmed cases (31,164 active,...

Jun 01, 2021

Commons holds special debate on remains of 215 children found at residential school

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it is Canada's fault that 215 Indigenous children were buried in an unmarked, mass grave at a one-time residential school in Kamloops, B.C. He says Canadian...

Jun 01, 2021

Survivor of B.C. residential school breaking silence and calling for action

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - News of the remains of 215 children being discovered at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia jolted Clayton Peters, whose seven years of torment there have been...

Jun 01, 2021

COVID-19 deaths brought Canadian life expectancy down, Quebec most affected: StatCan

MONTREAL - The federal statistics agency says the COVID-19 pandemic led to a drop in Canada's life expectancy in 2020. Statistics Canada says it estimates that life expectancy across the country decli...

Jun 01, 2021

O'Toole releases Pride video as handful of MPs oppose bill to ban conversion therapy

OTTAWA - A video promoting June as Pride month coupled with a concerted push to end the gay "blood ban" is what the Conservative Party of Canada looks like under Erin O'Toole as he works to prove once...

Jun 01, 2021

Canadian military-goods exports dropped last year as sales to Saudi Arabia fell

OTTAWA - The federal government reports the value of Canadian military-goods exports fell last year as its sales to Saudi Arabia dropped. Canada's annual report on exports of military equipment says i...

Jun 01, 2021

Quebec open to searching residential school sites for possible graves

Quebec's Indigenous Affairs Minister says the province is open to searching the grounds of former residential schools for graves if survivors and their families are in favour. Ian Lafrenire says his o...

Jun 01, 2021

Search for unmarked graves to resume at former residential school in Nova Scotia

HALIFAX - A survivor of the largest residential school in the Maritimes says the search will continue for unmarked graves at the site north of Halifax. Dorene Bernard, a Mi'kmaq elder, confirmed today...

Jun 01, 2021

Discovery of Indigenous children's remains evidence of Canada's genocide: experts

OTTAWA - The discovery of 215 children's remains in an unmarked burial site in British Columbia has revived discussion about the residential school system, which the Truth and Reconciliation Commissio...

Jun 01, 2021