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Ottawa Rabbi Reuven Bulka dies, leaves a legacy of kindness

Ottawa Rabbi Reuven Bulka dies, leaves a legacy of kindness

OTTAWA — The Jewish Federation of Ottawa says beloved Ottawa Rabbi Reuven Bulka has died at the age of 77.
Catholics question relationship with church after residential school grave discovery

Catholics question relationship with church after residential school grave discovery

Bob Hilbig's crisis of confidence in the Roman Catholic Church isn't his first reckoning with the institution that shaped his childhood. It's not even his second.
'When we embrace our hijab, we embrace death:' Canadian-Muslims balance faith, safety

'When we embrace our hijab, we embrace death:' Canadian-Muslims balance faith, safety

EDMONTON — Every time Sana Chaudhry's daughter sees her father getting up to pray, the two-year-old toddler picks up a scarf and waddles behind him to the prayer mat.
Canada's tragic residential-school reckoning could be grim harbinger for U.S.

Canada's tragic residential-school reckoning could be grim harbinger for U.S.

WASHINGTON — It took just two weeks for the first Indigenous cabinet member in American history to publicly express her deep personal dismay at the grim residential school revelations emanating from north of the border.
MPs ponder whether virtual proceedings have any place in post-pandemic Parliament

MPs ponder whether virtual proceedings have any place in post-pandemic Parliament

OTTAWA — Like millions of Canadians, members of Parliament are contemplating with mixed emotions the prospect of returning to business as usual after 15 months of working from home.
No winning ticket for Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

No winning ticket for Saturday's $6 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $6 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Ontario.
International students navigate numerous barriers as they look to begin fall classes

International students navigate numerous barriers as they look to begin fall classes

VANCOUVER — A prospective student from Pakistan who will be enrolling in Vancouver's Simon Fraser University says she's "freaking out step-by-step" as she navigates hurdles to get her education, made far more difficult by COVID-19.
Solar lights placed next to each unmarked grave at former residential school site

Solar lights placed next to each unmarked grave at former residential school site

COWESSESS FIRST NATION — Members of the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan spent Saturday morning placing solar-powered lights next to each of the 751 unmarked graves near the site of a former residential school.
Two more Catholic churches burn in B.C.'s southern Interior, chief says

Two more Catholic churches burn in B.C.'s southern Interior, chief says

CAWSTON, B.C. — Mounties are investigating after they say two more Catholic churches in British Columbia's southern Interior were destroyed in early-morning fires. RCMP say the Princeton detachment got a report at 3:52 a.m. that St.
Collective bargaining deal reached in Quebec slaughterhouse labour dispute

Collective bargaining deal reached in Quebec slaughterhouse labour dispute

MONTREAL — A labour dispute at a slaughterhouse near Quebec City that resulted in more than one million chickens being euthanized has come to an end. Workers at the Exceldor co-operative in St-Ansèlme, Que.