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'Beautiful to see': Community Gathering for National Truth and Reconciliation Day in Melfort
Hundreds of students, elders, and community members turned out to Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate (MUCC) Friday for a community gathering for National Truth and Reconciliation Day. The event...
Sep 30, 2024
'It's like light in my chest': Indigenous singing brings youth together
Traditional Indigenous rhythms echoed through the roof of Don Ross Centre on Friday night as First Nation community members gathered to embrace the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Through e...
Sep 30, 2024
'A way of hope and resilience': Annie Peyachew statue unveiled in Central Park
At the entrance to a grassy grove in Central Park, a little girl stood on a boulder wrapped in a star blanket. As the mid-morning sunlight gently dappled the leaves of the overhanging trees in gold, t...
Sep 30, 2024
Why do people wear orange on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation?
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a day to honour residential school survivors, those who never returned home, their families and their communities.The day is also sometimes referred to as ...
Sep 30, 2024
Faculty strike: McGill University threatens to cancel semester for law students
MONTREAL - McGill University is threatening to cancel law school classes for the rest of the semester if it can't reach an agreement today with a faculty union that has been on strike since August. Th...
Sep 30, 2024
Yemen's Houthi rebels claim shooting down another US-made drone as US acknowledges losing one
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed Monday they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone over the country, with videos purportedly showing a surface-to-air missil...
Sep 30, 2024
The US is sending a few thousand more troops to the Middle East to boost security
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is sending an additional "few thousand" troops to the Middle East to bolster security and to be prepared to defend Israel if necessary, the Pentagon said Monday. The increas...
Sep 30, 2024
Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced....
Sep 30, 2024
Joly targets polarization in UN speech, urges liberals to reclaim the word 'freedom'
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is asking members of the United Nations to counter growing political polarization. Joly is addressing the UN General Assembly on behalf of Canada after th...
Sep 30, 2024
Dikembe Mutombo, a Hall of Fame player and tireless advocate, dies at 58 from brain cancer
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced....
Sep 30, 2024
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