“There is a lot more that needs to be done, but first and foremost let’s show love and respect.”
Calls grow for a national day of mourning for 215 Indigenous children whose remains were found on the grounds of a former residential school in B.C. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
Several Ontario cities including Toronto, Mississauga and Brampton are lowering their flags to honour the children who lost their lives.
In Toronto, it will be for 9 days — 215 hours. The Toronto sign will also be dimmed, John Tory said in a statement. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
Chief of Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation R. Stacey Laforme sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking that flags be lowered across the country and that a national day of mourning be declared. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
“It is a small gesture of respect but we have to start somewhere,” Laforme said. “This is a moment I want the country to never forget.”
Meanwhile, Trudeau said he has asked that flags on all federal buildings be flown at half-mast. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
“The Kamloops children’s remains show — yet again — the truth of our peoples’ nightmare,” writes Mary Culbertson, Treaty Commissioner and lawyer from the Keeseekoose First Nation in Treaty 4 territory. #Opinion thestar.com/opinion/2021/0…
From @cheybholla: ‘Heartbreaking reminder’: Calls grow for national day of mourning, flags lowered to honour ‘lost’ residential school children thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
The Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line is available 24-hours a day for people experiencing pain or distress as a result of their residential school experience.
1-866-925-4419
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Behind Ontario's rapidly falling daily case counts lies a concerning pattern that suggests a new, more transmissible variant of COVID-19 is poised to take over from the one that fuelled the province’s third wave, experts say.
Now, as we see a decline in B.1.1.7, “what’s filling the void is probably all B.1.617,” @BogochIsaac said. “It’s here. It’s spreading. It’s important to recognize and it just means that we’ve got to hustle on getting second doses of vaccines out.”
NEW from @alex_mckeen and @alex_n_boyd: The mass grave of 215 children in Kamloops, B.C., was brought to light through a technology called ground-penetrating radar, a tool some hope has the potential to uncover other burial sites across the country. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
While the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation has not disclosed who did the work that found the 215 children, there are a handful of experts in the country using this technology to find gravesites.
The process of finding unmarked graves can be profound — and certain First Nations communities across Canada are calling for funds for such searches on a wider scale. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
A federal vaccine advisory panel has changed its guidance on “mismatched” COVID-19 vaccines, giving provinces the green light to offer Canadians different vaccine combinations for first and second doses. thestar.com/politics/feder…
The advice means Canadians can now have a vaccine cocktail.
Those who initially got the AstraZeneca vaccine or its India-made COVISHIELD brand can follow up with an mRNA vaccine — either Pfizer-BioNTech’s or Moderna’s — as a second shot. thestar.com/politics/feder…
Those who got first doses of either mRNA vaccine — from Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech — may also receive either company’s vaccine as a second dose.
The option to stick with the same vaccine for first and second shots will remain. thestar.com/politics/feder…
Air Canada’s top executives and management received $10 million in bonuses and stock awards to compensate for salary cuts over the past year. torstar.co/6mM250F0hx8
The company said it was providing a “COVID-19 Pandemic Mitigation Bonus” to executives and management for their “exceptional performance” during the pandemic. thestar.com/business/2021/…
The board of directors approved $20 million in awards, but has only distributed half.
The payout comes after a disastrous fiscal year for the company that culminated in a major bailout package from the federal government. thestar.com/business/2021/…
While sources close to the premier said Ford wanted children back in classrooms for the first time since mid-April, public health officials have warned him that can only occur if the broader opening of the economy is delayed. thestar.com/politics/provi…
On Monday night, the cabinet’s policy and priorities committee recommended keeping students learning online from home because the school year ends in a few weeks.
“This way we can still save summer sports and summer camps for kids,” the insider said. thestar.com/politics/provi…
Lyle Keewatin Richards, the child of a residential school survivor, is part of a group trying to preserve an unmarked cemetery near the former Red Deer Industrial School in Alberta. thestar.com/news/canada/20…