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Housing minister says $1B critical infrastructure program is open for applications
Applications opened Thursday for a $1 billion federal program to help municipalities and Indigenous communities build critical infrastructure.
Survivors call on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism
Residential school survivors are calling on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism, days after the release of a report about unmarked graves and burial sites associated with the institutions.
Lawsuit alleging anti-Black racism in public service goes before Federal Court
A Federal Court hearing got underway Monday to determine whether a group of Black public servants can proceed with a class-action lawsuit alleging discrimination in the federal government.
Manitoba historian concerned residential school denialism will rise after Biden's apology in U.S.
Historian Sean Carleton says residential school denialism is a strategy used to twist, misrepresent and distort basic facts about residential schools to shake public confidence in the stories of survivors, and in the process of truth and reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada.
Group calls on Ottawa to provide wildfire fighters with equipment, more training and better pay
Last May, when Jenny Saulnier was home alone with her dog in Nova Scotia while her son and husband were at hockey, she scrolled through social media and saw there was a house fire some nine kilometres from her home, and was assured she would be fine.
Families want inquiry after 9 police-involved Indigenous deaths
A group of Black and Indigenous women say they want a national public inquiry into a recent spate of police-involved deaths after nine Indigenous people were killed in interactions with police in August and September.
Canada doesn't have enough beds to support involuntary addictions treatment, minister says
Provinces and territories need to do more to expand and improve their treatment services for people suffering from addictions and mental health conditions before they contemplate making some of those treatments mandatory, federal Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya'ara Saks said Friday.
Government business on pause as Conservatives demand documents on defunct green tech foundation
Government business has been put on indefinite pause in the House of Commons and the Conservatives say it will stay that way until the Liberals hand over documents related to misspent government dollars.
Canadians should be prepared for more wildfires and hurricanes: Environment Canada
Human-caused climate change is making heat waves much more likely and is triggering extreme events like wildfires and storms, the federal government says.
Mother angered by MPs' 'disgusting' treatment of her daughter at meeting on domestic violence
The mother of a witness who left a House of Commons committee in Ottawa after giving emotional testimony earlier this week says the MPs who were involved mistreated her daughter.