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VANCOUVER — As stories of the horrors of residential schools circulate after the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced it had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C.

TORONTO — The massive $70 million dollar Lotto Max jackpot remained unclaimed after Friday night's draw. Once again, there was no winning ticket.

Indigenous leaders in Saskatchewan are calling on Catholics to stand in solidarity with residential school survivors by not attending church services.

WINNIPEG — The leader of the People's Party of Canada was arrested Friday in Manitoba after attending a rally against COVID-19 restrictions.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's premier says legislation proposed in the United States that would scrap a long-standing requirement for American cruise ships to dock at a foreign port between domestic stops doesn't change the fact people want to visit

VICTORIA — The City of Victoria's plan to cancel its Canada Day broadcast has been welcomed by a group representing First Nations in Saskatchewan as helping recognize the pain Indigenous Peoples are feeling.

OTTAWA — More than 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine will not be released for use in Canada.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government announced Friday that it will convene an emergency summit on antisemitism, even as it faced criticism for welcoming into the Liberal fold an MP who has denounced Israel as an apartheid state.

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 6:20 p.m. COVID-19 infections remain below 200 in British Columbia as the vaccination rate for first doses for adults tops 75 per cent.

The federal government is making it more difficult to develop thermal coal in Canada with a new policy that says all such mines create "unacceptable environmental effects.