Sacred Snake Mound under guard
There is a special place in one of Toronto’s most well known parks.
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Saskatchewan’s child welfare system putting children in risk of death: report
With Saskatchewan’s child welfare system facing tough criticism in the past, the children’s advocate released their annual report.
Not a goner, Fred Penner pops up in Iqaluit
If I sang about a cat that came back the very next day, you’d know right away who I was talking about.
Alberta oil spill triggers ‘state of emergency’ in NWT community
Norman Wells in the Northwest Territories has declared a state of emergency.
Facing dire days of flooding Lake St. Martin seeks higher ground
Among the communities in crisis is a Manitoba First Nation facing record flood levels.
Life and death Insite battle before Supreme Court this week
Hearings that will decide the fate of Canada’s only safe injection site get underway this week in Ottawa.
Dene Suline launch blockade over burial site
In northern Alberta a blockade is underway by members of the Dene Suline, a part of Cold Lake First Nation.
British opposed Canadian’s nomination to top NATO military post: U.S. diplomatic cables
Believing he lacked the “backbone” for the job, the British government opposed the nomination of Canada’s former top soldier Gen. Ray Henault to head NATO’s key military committee, according to a U.S. embassy cable obtained by APTN National News.
Canada was hoping to train Afghan security forces in Russia: U.S. diplomatic cables
The Stephen Harper government was exploring ways to have Canadian military trainers work with Afghan security forces in Russia as part of a wider plan to significantly downgrade Canadian involvement in Afghanistan and shift focus to the rebuilding of Haiti, according to “confidential “U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by APTN National News.