ANKARA (AA) – It was 1971 when Geraldine Lee Shingoose, a survivor from Canada’s controversial Muscowequan residential school, decided she was not going back after experiencing horrific abuses. Shingoose remembers the trauma suffered at the residential school like it was yesterday. Set up by the Canadian government beginning in the...
ANKARA (AA) – The treatment of Indigenous peoples in Canada was a “genocide,” Pope Francis said on his way back home after a six-day visit to Canada. “I asked for forgiveness, forgiveness for this operation that is genocidal,” Pope told reporters on the return flight from Canada, Vatican News reported on Saturday....
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Two Indigenous women unfurled a large banner during a mass on Thursday in Quebec, asking Pope Francis to “rescind the doctrine.” The banner referred to the Doctrine of Discovery, a contentious 15th Century papal edict that allowed explorers to take land from non-Christian countries with impunity. Some of Cana...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canada’s top health official said Wednesday that an “urgent global response” is needed to combat monkeypox. “Our understanding of this virus is still evolving, and this declaration makes clear that the situation requires urgent global response,” Theresa Tam said at a news conference. C...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canada has given the green light for those aged 6 months to 5 years to receive coronavirus vaccinations, following a scientific review that found the vaccine “safe and effective,” Health Canada announced Thursday. “After a thorough and independent scientific review of the evidence, the department ...
ANKARA (AA) – A new study by a Canadian opinion research group revealed Friday that at least 45% of Canadians believe they are “worse off now than they were at this time last year, the highest level in at least 12 years.” The findings noted that “individual factors are contributing to these financial challenges” and [&h...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – As Canadians commemorate National Indigenous Peoples Day on Tuesday, a lawsuit concerning native children is a cloud on the horizon. The Federal Court of Canada ruled Monday that a class-action lawsuit brought against the government on behalf of Indigenous children could proceed. The children did not live on Indige...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The normally cooler temperatures in the northwest of the Canadian province of Ontario have given way to a heart warning, Environment Canada forecast Monday. The warning, the first time it has been issued in 2022, covers most of the week as forecasts say the thermometer could reach 90 Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) [&helli...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – A 92-year-old Roman Catholic priest has been charged in connection with a decade-long sexual abuse investigation into a former Indian Residential School, Manitoba police said at a press conference Friday. Retired father Arthur Masse is accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl at the former Fort Alexander resi...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – A new report has revealed that police in Toronto disproportionately target Black, Indigenous and other minority groups. The contents of the report have prompted the forces’ chief to apologize for the conduct on behalf of the department. “As an organization, we have not done enough to ensure that every p...
