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The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation has spent years digging in provincial archives, looking for death records of children from the time a residential school operated on the nation. Now, it says it has evidence dozens of children died while attending the St. Francis Xavier Residential School that was operated on the First Nation in the…

A weekend fire at the Fairview homeless encampment in Penticton, B.C., has renewed concerns about public safety and prompted more calls for immediate action to mitigate the risks. On Saturday evening, fast-moving flames erupted at the site along a busy stretch of Highway 97. Black plumes of smoke billowed in the sky while sounds of…

With the injuries really starting to pile up, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers added three more players to their training camp roster on Tuesday. The club called in some reinforcements for week two of camp with the number of injured players now in the double digits. The Bombers signed former Manitoba Bisons quarterback Jackson Tachinski, former…

Prime Minister Mark Carney is touting the start of construction at a Quebec graphite mine that is slated to become the largest of its kind in North America, once completed. The Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Matawinie mine in Quebec’s Lanaudière region is expected to produce 106,000 tonnes of graphite annually. Speaking to reporters at the mine, Carney said that no other…

Multiple tornado warnings are in effect across parts of southern Ontario Tuesday evening as severe thunderstorms move through the region, prompting Environment Canada to warn of possible tornadoes, destructive winds and large hail. Environment Canada has issued tornado warnings for areas including Brantford and the County of Brant, Simcoe-Delhi-Norfolk, and Woodstock-Tillsonburg-Oxford County. Anthony Farnell, Global…

B.C. Premier David Eby is expected to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday and a possible Pacific pipeline is sure to be on the agenda. On Friday, Eby said that the federal government is rewarding Alberta for “bad behaviour” by agreeing to push for a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast. On Tuesday, Eby said that his message…

Maritime farmers are still feeling the impacts of last year’s drought and while it’s still too early to determine this year’s crop yield, one farmer isn’t waiting to find out. From setting up additional greenhouses to running extensive irrigation lines, Patrick Fogarty is doing it all. “We put in a few more water lines last…