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BEYOND LOCAL: Indigenous leaders call for Canada Day reflection

BEYOND LOCAL: Indigenous leaders call for Canada Day reflection

Calls to scale back or cancel Canada Day celebrations have been mounting since the remains of what are believed to be 215 children were found at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., last month
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ONTARIO: Province to spend $300K to help Muslim organizations combat Islamophobia in schools

ONTARIO: Province to spend $300K to help Muslim organizations combat Islamophobia in schools

Education Minister Stephen Lecce says it is unacceptable that Muslim students face discrimination at schools
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CANADA: Catholics question relationship with church after residential school grave discovery

CANADA: Catholics question relationship with church after residential school grave discovery

Catholic hopes church officials take responsibility
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ONTARIO: David Bowie painting bought for five bucks in South River sets a record, selling for over 100 grand

ONTARIO: David Bowie painting bought for five bucks in South River sets a record, selling for over 100 grand

Valuable art can be found in the most unexpected places, as well as in your own backyard
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BEYOND LOCAL: Post-secondary workplace harassment policies need to adapt to digital life, experts say

BEYOND LOCAL: Post-secondary workplace harassment policies need to adapt to digital life, experts say

What happens when someone outside of the university community co-ordinates a mass email campaign demanding the firing of a faculty member? University policies need to cover this, university profs say
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CANADA: Oldest living Habs champ talks hockey from condo overlooking Barrie's lakeshore

CANADA: Oldest living Habs champ talks hockey from condo overlooking Barrie's lakeshore

Ahead of tonight's Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final, BarrieToday sits down with Paul Masnick, who won the Cup with Montreal in 1953
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ONTARIO: More lawsuits pending over fake Norval Morrisseau art

ONTARIO: More lawsuits pending over fake Norval Morrisseau art

Lawyer Jonathan Sommer wants to hear from others who want to join an action
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CANADA: Documents detail outreach, take-up of little-used federal victims benefit

CANADA: Documents detail outreach, take-up of little-used federal victims benefit

The Liberals overhauled the program following a critical review of the benefit by a federal watchdog in 2018 that showed administrative costs far outstripped the amounts paid to parents
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CANADA: New research highlights an early childhood educator recruitment crisis

CANADA: New research highlights an early childhood educator recruitment crisis

In expanding early learning and care, Canada must addresses a current crisis is retaining and recruiting educators
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CANADA: Country's tragic residential-school reckoning could be grim harbinger for U.S.

CANADA: Country's tragic residential-school reckoning could be grim harbinger for U.S.

'They don't teach this in schools,' says prominent U.S. Indigenous activist. 'Now we're no longer able to hide from those truths.'
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