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Canada’s physicians demonstrate the right way to begin reconciliation
André Picard
canada
Canadian Medical Association apologizes for harms to Indigenous people
Alex Wilson from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation is brought to tears during a presentation while attending the Canadian Medical Association held a ceremony at the Victoria Conference Centre in Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 to formally apologize for harms to Indigneous Peoples. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail
arts
Jeremy Dutcher wins Polaris Music Prize for the second time with Motewolonuwok
Jeremy Dutcher speaks after winning the Polaris Music Prize at Massey Hall in Toronto on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paige Taylor White
canada
Canadian Medical Association to apologize for past harms to Indigenous people by medical professionals
Dr. Alika Lafontaine stops for a photo at Maskwôtêh Park near the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital in Grande Prairie, Alta. on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. Lafontaine will be at the Canadian Medical Association’s apology to indigenous people for the historic harm done to them by the medical profession. Lafontaine is photographed next to the “Hole in the Sky” sculpture by Artist Grant Berg, which is meant to “be a beacon to all lost spirits, so that they may find their way home.” Jesse Boily/The Globe and Mail
television
Reservation Dogs star Woon-A-Tai looks to inspire Indigenous actors with Emmys nom
Toronto actor D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai knows winning an Emmy won’t solve the systemic problems within Indigenous communities, but he still believes it could spark something meaningful. Woon-A-Tai is seen in an undated production still frame handout image from the film "Reservation Dogs." THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-FX, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
canada
Cathy Merrick, Manitoba First Nations Grand Chief, dies after collapsing outside courthouse
Cathy Merrick , Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, speaks to media in Winnipeg on February 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
canada
Manitoba to look at GPS options at landfills after killings of four Indigenous women
Aerial view of the Prairie Green landfill, where bodies of murdered women are reportedly buried, in Stony Mountain, Manitoba, Canada, on April 28, 2024. A mountain of windswept garbage. Beneath it, bodies. For years, the remains of Indigenous women discarded by suspected serial killer Jeremy Skibick, have languished in Prairie Green. Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran were raped, killed, dismembered and thrown out with the trash in Winnipeg, with police saying they believe their remains are buried deep inside the landfill. (Photo by Sebastien ST-JEAN / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN ST-JEAN/AFP via Getty Images)
film review
Canadian comedy Deaner ‘89 is the heavy-metal gift that keeps on give’r!-ing
L to R: Paul Spence as Dean Murdoch and Mary Walsh as May in DEANER '89, photo by Alan Fraser, courtesy of Mongrel Media
books
Katherena Vermette’s latest novel Real Ones explores fallout of pretendian accusation
Vermette, Katherena 2021_credit Vanda Fleury_photo 2 Author Katherena Vermette
opinion
We need an inconvenient review of our solitary confinement legislation
Anthony Doob, Jane Sprott and Catherine Latimer
television
APTN to launch new channel with programming in Indigenous languages
A camerman films Lamech Kadloo of Pond Inlet playing the role of Kiviuq in a scene where many of his fellow hunters are drowned while kayaking when a storm comes up. APTN is launching a channel with programming primarily in Indigenous languages next week. The TV network announced the channel in May as part of an application to consolidate its four programming feeds into two -- one main channel and "APTN Languages."(CP PHOTO/Bob Weber)
canada
Manitoba premier says Jeremy Skibicki should stay behind bars for life
Manitoba Premier-elect Wab Kinew holds a press conference in Winnipeg on October 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
opinion
I’m tired of explaining Indigenous culture
Drew Hayden Taylor
canada
‘Not forgotten:’ Family, advocates reflect 10 years after death of Tina Fontaine
Copies of a special report on the death of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine are pictured at an event at the Sagkeeng Mino Pimatiziwin Family Treatment Centre on the Sagkeeng First Nation, Man., Tuesday, March 12, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
art and architecture
Historian digs deep into Paul Kane’s problematic images of Indigenous people
opinion
It’s time to bring John A. Macdonald out of his confinement
Marcus Gee
obituary
Philippe Mckenzie was a trailblazing Innu folk singer and cultural catalyst
Innu musician Philippe McKenzie from the documentary film Innu Nikamu : Resist and Sing. Courtesy of Terre Innue
canada
Man who threw a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman, killing her, has day parole revoked
Brayden Bushby, left, departs the courthouse with his mother after his sentencing hearing after being found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Barbara Kentner, in Thunder Bay, Ont., Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Bushby will appear in Thunder Bay, Ont., court, where Justice Helen Piece is set to deliver her sentencing decision. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Jackson
opinion
Reservation Dogs and the trouble with Canadian TV
Radheyan Simonpillai
opinion
How the Catholic Church can get repatriation – and reconciliation – right
Alexander Herman