Brittany Hobson
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Reporter with The Canadian Press
Canada Day: Some communities still reckoning with residential school legacy
Many communities are reimagining Canada Day celebrations to recognize Indigenous Peoples, as the country continues to reckon with its legacy following the discovery of possible unmarked graves at former residential schools.
Pope to meet with Alberta residential school survivors during visit
The program for Pope's trip to Canada next month includes a visit to the site of a former Alberta residential school with survivors, the Vatican said on Thursday, June 23, 2022.
Few supports for survivors and families of violence against Indigenous women
The Native Women's Association of Canada says the federal government has made little progress in the past year on its plan to end violence against Indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse people.
Residential school survivors prep bishops for Pope's visit
Residential school survivors say they hope the Pope's visit to Canada next month will include a direct apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in running the institutions.
Cree woman's remains sent home to Alberta decades after disappearance
Violet Soosay's search for her missing aunt began four decades ago.
Lifesaving flight brings Ukrainians to Winnipeg
Kseniia Zinenko stepped outside of the Winnipeg airport on Monday, May 23, 2022, evening after a nine-hour flight from Poland to Manitoba's capital city.
Helping Ukrainian newcomers with mental health crises
Mental-health professionals are volunteering their services to provide trauma support for Ukrainian Canadians and newcomers fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Manitoba is flooding and there's more rain on the way
Satellite images of flooding in the Red River Valley were NASA Earth Observatory's images of the day on Thursday.
Manitoba Cree leader says Pope's apology should have mentioned unmarked grave sites
Pimicikamak Cree Nation Chief David Monias said Pope Francis fell short in his apology last week for the abuse Indigenous students faced in residential schools as the chief's First Nation prepared to investigate the site of where such an institution once stood.
Pandemic underscores value of culturally sensitive Indigenous health care
Doctors and front-line agencies say COVID-19 has underscored the value of culturally sensitive and community-based health-care services for Indigenous people and the need to continue them past the pandemic.