Saskatchewan lawyer sent to jail for defrauding residential school fund
The judge at Eggum’s Court of Queen’s Bench sentencing ordered the lawyer to repay the money stolen between 2006 and 2012.
Residential School Survivors
Peguis residential school survivors pens book: Spirit of the Grassroots People
Ray Mason, an elder from the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba and residential school…
Canada marks 10th anniversary of apology with acknowledgement that there is still a lot of work to do
It was 10 years ago June, 11 that the federal government gave an apology to the survivors of the residential school system.
Ovide Mercredi report rips Ontario Law Society on handling of Keshen file
Residential school survivors were failed by the Law Society of Ontario when it came to handling their complaints against a lawyer, says a scathing new report.
Survivors set to give offender second chance
It was one of several dysfunctional incidents to reveal a glaring gap in oversight of the Independent Assessment Process (IAP), which paid survivors compensation for severe physical and sexual abuse.
NDP will try again in Parliament to force Pope Francis to apologize to residential school survivors
Two federal NDP MPs will try one more time to get an apology from Pope Francis for Indian residential school survivors in Canada.
Pope says he can’t personally apologize for church role in residential schools
Pope Francis will not apologize to residential school survivors and their families for the role…
Residential school survivors spend emotional weekend in place that changed their lives
For two days, former students of the Assiniboia residential school in Winnipeg had a chance to reminisce and educate visitors about their experience.
International runners on world tour run through Saskatchewan to learn about First Nation, Métis culture
A small group of international runners have come to Canada to run in 13 different cities across the country in 13 days.