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Cadmus Delorme to chair federal committee identifying and sharing historic residential school documents

Delorme will chair new Residential School Documents Advisory Committee Chief Cadmus Delorme of Cowessess First Nation will take charge of efforts to examine and share historic documents about residential schools in Canada. Delorme recently announced he would not seek a third term as chief of Cowessess, which is located about 140 kilometres east of Regina. Crown−Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada announced on Monday that Delorme will serve as chair of the new Residential School Documents Advisory Committee. The committee is tasked with developing recommendations for how to identify historical documents related to residential schoolsRead more


17 potential unmarked graves scanned at former Vancouver Island residential school, First Nation says

Children from at least 100 First Nations across B.C. were forced to attend the school between 1900 and 1973 UPDATE — Feb. 21, 2023: A First Nation on Vancouver Island has released the preliminary results of a scan of the former site of the Alberni Indian Residential School it says has revealed 17 potential unmarked graves. The Tseshaht First Nation says ground-penetrating radar was used to examine locations that it suspects to be the grave of children who did not return home but the only way to know for sure is toRead more


Filmmaker dodges pucks for intimate look at Canada’s winter tradition

Docuseries seeks to capture the best of outdoor rinks and the people who enjoy them With skates on his feet, a camera in his hands, and a half dozen kids speeding up and down a country rink at dusk — Randy Frykas has just the scene he’s looking for. “It’s like, what could you ask for?  You got the sun going down, you got a fresh sheet of ice and a bunch of pucks and all your good friends,” he said, looking through his lens on a farm near MacGregor, Man. The kids areRead more


Nuxalk Nation celebrates return of totem pole after more than a century Social Sharing

Pole travelled from Victoria to Bella Coola, about 1,000 km northwest of Vancouver Honking horns greeted a long line of vehicles winding along the snowy highway leading into Bella Coola, about 1,000 km northwest of Vancouver, on B.C.’s central coast last week. At the helm was a truck carrying precious cargo: a Nuxalk totem pole, taken from the community more than 100 years ago, at long last returning home to its rightful owners. The honking continued as the convoy made its way into the community, having travelled along the highway after taking the ferryRead more


‘Fearsome and fearless journalist’ Jim Nunn dead at 72

Nunn’s career at CBC spanned 3 decades; He died in hospital Sunday night of cancer Jim Nunn, the former host of CBC News Nova Scotia at Six, Land and Sea and Marketplace, has died after a battle with cancer. Nunn died in hospital in Antigonish, N.S., on Sunday night. He was 72. No date has been set for a funeral, but his family said there will be a celebration of life planned for some time in the spring. “Jim was quite the character. He was known to many in Nova Scotia as this greatRead more


Why this Canada Games jacket is still iconic 32 years later

The jackets bearing the Canada Games logo were handed out to volunteers in 1991 Keep your eyes peeled over the next two weeks and you might just see one of the most iconic pieces of clothing for Prince Edward Islanders: the green-and-white jackets, emblazoned with the Canada Games logo over the heart, that were handed out to volunteers in 1991. Yes, these nylon jackets have been around for 32 years, and are still going strong as the Games return to the Island from Feb. 18 to March 5. One place youRead more


Winnipeg-based group ‘deeply concerned’ by federal contract with international group to advise on graves

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says decision seems to undermine Indigenous-led work in the area The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says there are many problems with a $2 million contract Ottawa signed with an international group to give advice on unmarked graves. The Winnipeg-based centre said it is “deeply concerned” with the decision by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada to hire a Netherlands-based organization to launch “an extremely sensitive engagement process” on issues surrounding possible gravesites near former residential schools. “Beginning with the Truth and Reconciliation CommissionRead more


Winnipeg man decries ‘degrading and dehumanizing’ lack of palliative home care for partner

Katherine Ellis came home from hospital in January, still hasn’t gotten home care, partner says When Katherine Ellis decided to come home for palliative care last month after being diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, she thought she’d be comfortable, spending her final days surrounded by loved ones. Instead, the 62-year-old Winnipeg woman has been lying in the same bedsheets for weeks without more than a sponge bath because the help she was promised never arrived, her partner of a decade said. “The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, despite a lot ofRead more


They bought their home in March 2022. Why this Ontario couple calls the purchase a nightmare Social Sharing

Mortgage on London home of Fernanda Santos and Gustavo Pereira went from $2,800 to $4,400 a month Fernanda Santos and Gustavo Pereira of London, Ont., knew the housing market was wildly overpriced in March 2022, but felt pressured to become owners, so they bought a three-bedroom home in the east end for $730,000. “Everybody said to us you should buy as soon as you can — doesn’t matter if you like it or not, just buy and get into the market,” Santos, 34, recalled in an interview with Rebecca Zandbergen, host of CBC Radio’s LondonRead more


Inside the Toronto Six team facilities, where family feel meets military motivation

Premier Hockey Federation building toward becoming full-time professional league Asked what she’s most jealous of in modern women’s professional hockey, longtime goalie and current Toronto Six president Sami Jo Small chuckles. “Handing out the salaries, it is an incredible thing that we get to do. We get to empower these women with a paycheque to be full-time hockey players. … We dreamed that this moment would happen, and we knew that eventually it would,” Small said. “Just if it were 10 years earlier, it really would have helped our careers. ButRead more


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