Canada and N.W.T. sign historic funding agreement with Inuvialuit for child services

GM's self-driving car unit fined $1.5 million US for failing to report crash details

Forceful winds cause power outages around Winnipeg, impacting thousands

Canada marks 4th annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Buying a home may remain out of reach for many Canadians for the foreseeable future

23 bilingual Quebec municipalities challenge province's new language law in court

John Paul Tasker

Senior reporter

news

politics

A group of residential school survivors and their supporters are asking the federal government to reverse what they're calling a funding cut and come up with more money to help find the unmarked graves of students who went to these institutions.

Residential school survivors press Ottawa for more money to find unmarked graves

The Survivors’ Secretariat Executive Lead Laura Arndt, right, looks on as Mohawk Institute survivor and Secretariat board member Roberta Hill speaks during a news conference on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024.

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American Sign Language interpretation: Special coverage of a national commemorative gathering on Parliament Hill marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Closed captioning is available.

(ASL) National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2024 | CBC News Special

Chad Pawson

canada

british-columbia

Indigenous leaders in B.C. are hoping for the pace of reconciliation to continue following the provincial election, but there is concern that current politics could stall or reverse the province’s path of righting historical wrongs with its First Nations people.

How the election could change B.C.'s course on reconciliation

Members of the Williams Lake First Nation, including Chief Willie Sellars, right, dance at a Vancouver Canucks pre-season game at Rogers Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

Williams Lake First Nation dancers Canucks pre-season game Sept. 24 2024

How turfing SOGI and banning books became part of B.C.'s election

B.C. NDP Leader David Eby in Chilliwack promised to double apprenticeships for skilled trades, and in Nanaimo made a health-care announcement. B.C. Conservatives Leader John Rustad headed to Prince George with a platform on power generation, while B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau announced her mental health plan.

Campaigning B.C. party leaders speak on trades, energy, health

As the province heads to the polls on Oct. 19, the major party leaders are making their pitch to voters on the key issues facing British Columbians.

Who are David Eby, John Rustad and Sonia Furstenau? Profiles of the B.C. party leaders

Jolene Saulis Dione

It’s often as adults that we come to terms with the hidden stories of our families. For Jolene Saulis Dione, it meant confronting the trauma her father and grandparents experienced at Indian day schools — and how four generations have navigated that legacy of pain, resilience and healing.

I am the daughter of a day school survivor. In saying that, I honour my father's legacy

Jolene Dione’s grandmother, Christine Saulis, grandfather Herman Saulis, centre, and father, Mac Saulis, were forced to attend Indian day schools. Healing from that trauma has affected generations of the family. 

Jolene Saulis Dione family

Why I am reclaiming my mother's language before it's too late

Vivian Ketchum was five years old when she was taken to residential school. She reflects on what it means to finally finish high school.

I started my education at residential school. At 58, I've finally graduated

From 1963 to 1973, Paul Dixon was forcibly sent to residential schools. Even after the last residential schools closed, he writes Cree families are still shy to hug each other. He wonders if intergenerational trauma is a lasting curse.

I spent 10 years in residential schools. This is what I want my grandchildren to know

Several members of Micheal Auger's family went to residential school, leaving him to deal with the impact of intergenerational trauma. But Auger says he's optimistic survivors and their families can heal fully, and he shares — in his own words — what that looks like for him.

One man's path to healing from the intergenerational impact of residential school

Micheal Auger is pictured at his home with his son in Vancouver, British Columbia on Friday, September 6, 2024. 

Micheal Auger

Rachel Watts

CBC journalist

montreal

Leaders gathered in Quebec City in September as part of a program to support First Nations, Inuit and Métis participation in clean energy projects. Participants say it’s a way to change things and ensure energy sovereignty in communities across Canada.

Solar-powered longhouses, low-impact hydro: These Indigenous leaders have energy solutions

Desiree Maurice is planning several renewable energy projects across the Lac La Ronge Indian Band in Saskachewan. She's one of 18 participants in the 2024 Catalyst program to help First Nations, Inuit and Métis start up clean energy projects.

Desiree Maurice

The Meadow Lake Tribal Council, comprised of nine First Nations, has opened the first 100 percent Indigenous-owned bioenergy facility in Canada. The facility uses wood waste generated from the tribal council's sawmill to generate heat and power.

From pollution to power: Canada's first Indigenous-owned bioenergy facility opens

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we profile a few of the thousands of Indigenous-led clean energy projects across Canada, see the winning image from this year's Bird Photographer of the Year award and check out a garden and microforest that combine Indigenous knowledge with ecological restoration.

4 innovative Indigenous-led clean energy projects

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation commemorated across Canada

Hamilton sunrise ceremony honouring residential school victims attracts a crowd

Homage to Demasduit, one of the last of the Beothuk, unveiled in Botwood

Sept. 30 marks 2 important days, Orange Shirt Day creator says

Canada marks the fourth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation today. The day is a time to honour and remember Indigenous children who died at residential schools, the survivors, their families and communities.

People hold up a sign commemorating victims of the residential school system, during an event at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on September 30, 2023.

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Nisga’a people from all over British Columbia, many of whom had never been to their home territory, made the multi-day journey to the Nass Valley to connect with community and heal from past traumas. 

Nisga'a from across B.C. reconnect with land, culture, relatives on trip to Nass Valley

The lava beds in the Nass Valley in northern B.C., in July 2024.

lava beds

Abby Hughes

Journalist

radio

thecurrent

Life expectancy of Indigenous people in B.C. dropped by more than six years between 2017 and 2021. For Indigenous healthcare experts, the numbers are a reminder that their community members aren't properly taken care of in the healthcare system.

Why Canada's health-care system needs more Indigenous professionals

The First Nations Health Authority and the office of the provincial health officer released an interim update related to the First Nations Population Health and Wellness Agenda. 

First Nations Health Report 20240821

Health officials in British Columbia say there will be hiccups in the vaccine rollout, but they're trying to make the process as safe as possible for the province's Indigenous residents.

B.C. health officials call for culturally safe vaccination plan for Métis residents

Three years after taking the first steps toward transforming health care delivery for its people, the Southern Chiefs' Organization has signed an agreement-in-principle to establish its own health authority in Manitoba.

First Nations health authority to launch in Manitoba this year: Southern Chiefs' Organization

Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee tabled the Health Authority Act in the Yukon legislature Monday. If passed the act will allow the territory to create an arm's-length health authority that officials say will create culturally safe care.

Yukon takes first step to create health authority

Guy Quenneville

Reporter at CBC Ottawa

ottawa

"People actually reached out and hugged it and they told their [stories] about residential school," master carver Stanley C. Hunt says.

Residential school monument finds home at national history museum

Stanley C. Hunt

The Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc say the search for truth and intergenerational healing continues for missing children and survivors at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, three years after the announcement of preliminary evidence suggesting around 200 sets of remains were buried on the former school grounds sparked a national movement.

Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc says '215' search for truth continues

On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, CBC News Thunder Bay is featuring the voices of three residential school survivors from northern Ontario. Here's what they shared about their time at Indian residential school, and what they want to see change for future generations of their families and communities.

Indian residential school survivors in northern Ontario share stories, hopes for next generations

Former aboriginal students who say the RCMP herded them off to residential schools are expressing a sense of validation following the release of a report into the Mounties' role in the notorious school system.

RCMP 'herded' native kids to residential schools

St. Stephen cartoonist's latest book tackles small-town quirks

Mayor of Loon Lake devastated over loss of church

Staff concerned as Quebec City Aquarium shuts down on weekdays for construction

High-achieving Windsor teen had stellar future before fatal fall

Israeli defence minister hints at ground operation against Hezbollah

Chris Brown

Foreign correspondent

world

Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s top leader hasn't quieted the militant group’s attacks on northern Israel. In Haifa, the largest city in the north, Rambam Hospital has taken extraordinary measures to prepare for worst-case scenarios, including moving patients and staff underground.

Its leader is dead, but Hezbollah's attacks on northern Israel keep coming, prompting extraordinary measures

Medical staff move a bed of a patient to an underground emergency hospital in a parking lot at Rambam Health Care Campus, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Haifa, Israel September 22, 2024. REUTERS/Shir Torem

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/LEBANON

The killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, an enormous figure in Middle East politics, culminates a remarkable military campaign by Israel against the Lebanon-based Shia militant group, but leaves many unanswered questions about how it will impact the wars in the region.

What the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah could mean for Israel and wars on its borders

Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon dealt the Hezbollah militant group a string of deadly blows to its command structure, while Lebanon's Health Ministry reported that dozens of people were killed in the strikes on Sunday.

Israeli airstrikes kill more Hezbollah leaders as Lebanese health officials report dozens killed

Margaret Evans

Senior International Correspondent

In the days since Israel’s killing of top Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Beirut looks as though a tornado has passed through it. Lebanon now says nearly one million people have been displaced. Many of them fled neighourhoods around the bomb site where Israel says Hezbollah maintained a major command centre for the city centre, some sleeping outside and others on the move with belongings in garbage bags or suitcases. 

He lost his home and job, she sent her kids to Syria: Stories of some of Lebanon's nearly 1 million displaced

Abu Alim, left,  and Samaa Ameiri Qais fled their southern Beirut suburb after Israel bombarded it, killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Abu Alim- Samaa Ameiri Qai

Emboldened by the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Israel has continued its airstrikes on Lebanon, leaving civilians scrambling to find safety. 

Israeli airstrikes continue after death of Hezbollah leader

Israel's military chief told troops on Wednesday that the airstrikes in Lebanon would continue in order to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure and to prepare the way for a possible ground operation by Israeli forces. Dozens more Lebanese were killed in strikes on Wednesday, officials said.

Israeli military chief says ground troops could enter Lebanon after airstrikes

An attack on Hezbollah’s pagers and walkie-talkies that killed at least 14 people has triggered calls for revenge, sparking concern war could spread further across the Middle East. And though Israel's government has not taken responsibility for the explosions, few believe it could be anyone else.

By bruising and humiliating Hezbollah, is Israel playing 'Middle East roulette?'

The Israeli military says it struck Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut on Friday in a series of massive explosions that levelled multiple highrise apartment buildings.

Major explosions rattle civilian area of Beirut as Israel says it struck Hezbollah HQ

The federal government has started booking blocks of seats on commercial flights to help Canadians get out of Lebanon.

Ottawa reserving commercial airline seats to get Canadians out of Lebanon

Palestinian militant group Hamas said an Israeli strike killed its Lebanon leader on Monday, while another Palestinian militant group said three of its leaders were killed in a strike on Beirut, the first attack within the city limits.

Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut for 1st time in nearly a year of conflict

Lebanese army soldiers secure the site outside an apartment building hit by an Israeli air strike in Beirut's Cola district, September 30, 2024. Two people were killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut on September 30, a Lebanese security source said, the first strike on the city itself since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel last year. An Israeli drone targeted an apartment belonging to two members of the Lebanese Islamist group Jamaa Islamiya, said the source. (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP) (Photo by FADEL ITANI/AFP via Getty Images)

Beirut

Amir Atari and his family are among the approximately 60,000 Israelis who have been displaced from their homes in the north due to Hezbollah rocket fire that followed the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.

'We left our home Oct. 8' due to Hezbollah rocket attacks, says resident of northern Israel

The federal government is urging Canadians to get out of Lebanon immediately as attacks from Israel intensify and concerns of a wider war grow. But some say Canada isn’t doing enough to help its citizens get out. 

Canadians urged to leave Lebanon immediately 

Following Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah’s arsenal and its assassination of leader Hassan Nasrallah, The National’s Ellen Mauro breaks down how the militant group could rebuild and what its potential responses could be.

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