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The Liberal government will introduce legislation on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, to expunge the criminal records of Canadians previously convicted of consensual sexual activity with same-sex partners.

Once frightened, lonely children who lost their culture and innocence rose in a standing ovation on Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, as the prime minister at last said it for all Canadians: It was wrong, and we are sorry.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Goose Bay today, Nov. 24, 2017, to apologize for abuse and cultural losses at residential schools in Newfoundland and Labrador.

​“Instead of the isolation and neglect of the past, a free and equal chance with children in urban centres.” This is the voice of a male narrator in a March 1955 CBC television piece about Canada’s residential schools. Since that piece aired more than six decades ago, the way Canadians look at residential schools has changed.

Jimmy Tuttauk was working on the remote coast of northern Labrador when he first heard that Ottawa was settling with former students of residential schools.

Indigenous drug users in British Columbia are 13 times more likely to die compared with other Canadians of the same age, says a decade-long study calling for cultural connections as a path to healing deep-rooted pain.

Downie spent the last chapter of his life raising funds for brain cancer research and advocating for the rights of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used the brightest stage in international politics to shine a light on the darkest corners of Canada's story on Thursday.

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations has opened the organization's annual meeting with an impassioned plea to end racism.

The plate had been held within a licence frame that also bore the quotes: "We are the Borg,’’ and "Resistance is Futile.’’

The federal government and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission both agree the survivor accounts are a critical part of Canadian history that should be preserved.

Health Minister Jane Philpott says Ottawa will now pay for someone to travel with indigenous women who need to leave their communities to give birth.

Spending on clean drinking water, health, training and jobs are part of $3.4 billion in new investments planned by the Trudeau government over the next three years, as it strives for reconciliation.

The chairwoman of the Senate committee on aboriginal people says Beyak's comments may have tarnished the committee's reputation.

The Trudeau government is retreating from a key promise to be more up front with indigenous groups who are taking it to court.