Gaining trust: History of Indigenous experiments poses challenge in COVID health

Some leaders and health professionals say they are facing a challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic of persuading Indigenous people to trust a health system that has a history of experimenting on them.
Bill Morneau leaves cabinet, federal politics, as suddenly as he arrived

Morneau and Trudeau are both facing investigations by the new federal ethics watchdog, Mario Dion, for taking part in talks to hand WE Charity a contract to run a pandemic−related student−volunteer program.
$16.5M settlement in class-action lawsuit over mass arrests at 2010 G20 summit

A decade−long legal battle over mass arrests at the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto has come to a close after police and hundreds of protesters and others reached a $16.5 million settlement.
Prosecutors told to prosecute only the most serious drug possession offences
OTTAWA — Federal prosecutors are being instructed to criminally prosecute only the most serious drug possession offences and to find alternatives outside the criminal justice system for the rest. The directive is contained in a new guideline issued by the director of public prosecutions, Kathleen Roussel. “The approach set out in this guideline directs prosecutors […]
Innu Nation files human rights complaint over Ottawa’s child protection funding

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The Innu Nation has filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission alleging the federal government spends more money removing children from homes than keeping families together. Gregory Rich, grand chief of the Innu Nation, which represents the Innu of Labrador, said in a statement Tuesday Canada’s child welfare system […]