Leanne Robinson, Dwayne Wohlgemuth and their 2 young sons just spent 90 days in the bush You could call it the canoe trip of a lifetime, but for Leanne Robinson, Dwayne Wohlgemuth and their two young boys, it came to feel less like a trip and more like … just life. “We didn’t have an A-to-B [route] that we had to finish. It was kind of pick and choose where we wanted to go while we were on the tundra,” Wohlgemuth recalled this week. “It just felt a lot more like we were just living somewhere onRead more

Chiefs say Truth and Reconciliation Day deserves to be a holiday as well Indigenous leaders in New Brunswick are criticizing the province’s decision to hold a holiday for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral while Truth and Reconciliation Day hasn’t received the same treatment. On Sept. 19, schools and government offices will be closed for a national day of mourning, although the holiday is optional for the private sector. Chief Ross Perley of Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) said there are many Indigenous people who deserve mourning. “When it comes to honouring, you know,Read more

Investigators appealing for information about suspect Sean Petrie A 28-year-old international student injured in Monday’s shootings across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area remains on life support and is not expected to survive, Halton Police Chief Steve Tanner told reporters on Thursday. The man was working at an auto body shop in Milton when he was shot. The owner of the shop, Shakeel Ashraf, 38, was killed, while Toronto police Const. Andrew Hong, 48, was fatally shot about half an hour earlier in Mississauga. Two other victims were also shot overRead more

The magnitude of the trauma is just being felt, says FSIN vice-chief Heather Bear It’s been 11 days since a deadly stabbing spree terrorized James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, but some Indigenous leaders say the process of healing is just getting started. “The magnitude of the trauma and the disbelief, I guess — it’s only just begun,” said Heather Bear, fourth vice-chief with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. “I don’t think we’ve fully realized the full impact of what this tragedy has caused,” she told The Current guest host Nahlah Ayed. There were 10Read more

New report says denturist’s provincial subsidies instilled trust in clients The man responsible for the April 2020 mass killings in Nova Scotia preyed on vulnerable and Black women through his work as a denturist and exchanged dental work for sex, according to a new report submitted to the Mass Casualty Commission on Thursday. The commission is investigating the circumstances and systemic failures that contributed to the events of April 18 and 19, 2020, when the gunman, Gabriel Wortman, killed 22 neighbours and strangers — including a pregnant woman — and destroyed homes while driving a mock policeRead more