Calls increase for condemnation of OneBC leader over residential school photo

OneBC party leader and Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie is defending herself and doubling down after a photo of her denying the deaths of children at Canada’s residential schools was circulated on social media. The image, taken in front of a sign in Penticton that references the 215 suspected unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Residential…

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‘Who is Kim Rabot?’ Remembering the first victim of a faded Canadian tragedy

Warning: This story discusses school violence, sexual assault and suicide. When Trina Costantini-Powell began brainstorming what to feature in the 1970s room during her Ottawa high school’s centennial, she thought of Nixon, Trudeau and the Vietnam War. But when she and other Glebe Collegiate Institute graduates gathered amid all the trophies and yearbooks in the…

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Springer ‘feeling better’ ahead of Game 6 of ALCS between Blue Jays and Mariners

George Springer is “feeling better” a day ahead of the most important game of the Toronto Blue Jays’ post-season. Blue Jays manager John Schneider said that Springer was recovering quickly after taking a fastball off the inside of his right knee in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS). Toronto hosts the Mariners…

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Trump in the crosshairs: ‘No Kings Day’ rallies draw hundreds of thousands

From Washington to Vancouver, and from Montreal to Berlin, thousands gathered Saturday for the second No Kings Day, a day of action protesting U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration and what organizers describe as a stand against authoritarianism. In Vancouver, hundreds gathered in downtown on Saturday for the event, held at Jack Poole Plaza beside the…

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