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Indigenous kids make up more than half of children in foster care: census
WINNIPEG - Statistics Canada's latest release of 2021 census data shows Indigenous children continue to be overrepresented in the child welfare system. Data collected shows Indigenous children account...
Sep 21, 2022
Census housing report and Toronto police funeral: In The News for Sept. 21, 2022
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 Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022... What we are watch...
Sep 21, 2022
Two weeks after deadly stabbings, James Smith Cree Nation looks to shed the darkness
JAMES SMITH CREE NATION - Tire tracks worn into the gravel roads that lead into James Smith Cree Nation are deeper than they were two weeks ago, remnants of the heavy police presence and the numerous ...
Sep 21, 2022
'I felt a release inside me': Inuk man faces alleged abuser in France
NAJUAAT, NVT. - An Inuk man who alleges he was sexually abused by a former Oblate priest in Nunavut when he was 13 years old says meeting the man face to face after nearly three decades was a relief. ...
Sep 21, 2022
Haiti, Ukraine to dominate talks for Trudeau on Day 2 of UN General Assembly visit
UNITED NATIONS - Today's the day that the stars come out at the United Nations. U.S. President Joe Biden, traditionally a Day 1 speaker, is to ascend the rostrum this morning instead, with Prime Minis...
Sep 21, 2022
Woman who survived deadly torrent released from B.C. dam sues regional district
VANCOUVER - A woman whose husband saw a "wall of water rushing toward them" as the pair fled a huge torrent released from a North Vancouver dam is suing Metro Vancouver's regional district for neglige...
Sep 21, 2022
Quebec election: Leaders preparing for second and final debate of campaign
MONTREAL - Quebec's party leaders will be spending much of the day preparing for the second and final debate of the election campaign, as polls show the governing Coalition Avenir Qubec firmly in the ...
Sep 21, 2022
Five years into Canada-Europe trade deal, full ratification not guaranteed
OTTAWA - Canada's trade deal with the European Union has been operating in draft mode for five years as of Wednesday, raising doubts it will ever be formally implemented. A dispute over how corporatio...
Sep 21, 2022
Statistics Canada to release 2021 census report on housing, Indigenous people
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release its latest 2021 census report on the housing landscape in Canada this morning. Housing prices rose considerably between 2016 and last year, sparking widespread ...
Sep 21, 2022
Chapman, Bradley go deep, Blue Jays outslug Phillies 18-11
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Matt Chapman hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Jackie Bradley Jr. added a three-run shot in the ninth and the Toronto Blue Jays used 21 hits to rough up the Philadelphia P...
Sep 20, 2022
