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U.S. historian's book on North America's Indigenous history wins Cundill prize

U.S. historian's book on North America's Indigenous history wins Cundill prize

MONTREAL — A U.S. historian's book on North America's Indigenous history, “Native Nations: A Millennium in North America,” has won the Cundill History Prize.
Manitoba bill would require judges to undergo education on domestic violence and more

Manitoba bill would require judges to undergo education on domestic violence and more

WINNIPEG — Manitoba may soon require new provincial court judges to take continuing education on intimate partner violence, sexual assault, systemic racism and other topics.
Indigenous people march in Brazil's capital against bill limiting land rights

Indigenous people march in Brazil's capital against bill limiting land rights

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Bearing images of animals and covered in body paint, hundreds of Indigenous people marched Wednesday in Brazil's capital, urging Congress to drop a proposed constitutional amendment that has the potential to paralyze and even
Indigenous people march in Brazil's capital against bill limiting land rights

Indigenous people march in Brazil's capital against bill limiting land rights

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Bearing images of animals and covered in body paint, hundreds of Indigenous people marched Wednesday in Brazil's capital, urging Congress to drop a proposed constitutional amendment that has the potential to paralyze and even
Special interlocutor calls for 20-year probe into missing Indigenous children

Special interlocutor calls for 20-year probe into missing Indigenous children

OTTAWA — A final report into missing children and unmarked graves at residential schools is calling on the federal government to create an Indigenous-led national commission with a 20-year mandate to investigate missing and disappeared Indigenous chi
Mayor didn't expect tight result in Ontario community vote to host nuclear waste site

Mayor didn't expect tight result in Ontario community vote to host nuclear waste site

Residents of an Ontario municipality voted in favour of hosting a deep geological repository for Canada's nuclear waste in an extremely tight referendum, and now the mayor says it's time to heal community fractures over the issue.
Fake content is getting harder to detect but Hinton has an idea to make it easier

Fake content is getting harder to detect but Hinton has an idea to make it easier

TORONTO — Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton says it's getting more difficult to tell videos, voices and images generated with the technology from material that's real -- but he has an idea to aid in the battle.
South Bruce residents vote in favour of allowing underground nuclear waste storage

South Bruce residents vote in favour of allowing underground nuclear waste storage

A second Ontario municipality has formally decided it is willing to become the site of a deep geological repository for Canada's nuclear waste.
Some say it's time for Canada to criminalize residential school denialism

Some say it's time for Canada to criminalize residential school denialism

OTTAWA — As a young child, Dennis Saddleman's mother always ensured he knew how much she loved him, gave him kisses on his forehead and told him how beautiful he was.
Minister apologizes for government's handling of First Nations' money in 1800s

Minister apologizes for government's handling of First Nations' money in 1800s

NORTHEASTERN MANITOULIN AND THE ISLANDS, Ont. — Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree has apologized on behalf of the Canadian government to a group of Ontario First Nations for mismanagement of their money over a century ago.
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