Canada sending 371 athletes to Tokyo, largest Olympic team in 37 years
Team Canada is taking 371 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics, the country’s largest Games contingent since Los Angeles in 1984, the Canadian Olympic [...]
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Mary Simon is Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General
Mary Simon, who was named Canada’s 30th Governor General on Tuesday and the first with an Indigenous background, is no stranger to the government of Prime [...]
751 unmarked graves found at residential school
The Cowessess First Nation announced it has found 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan. The First Nation termed the discovery [...]
Foreign nationals approved for permanent residency allowed to enter Canada
The federal government will once again allow individuals approved for permanent residency to enter Canada as COVID-19 travel restrictions begin to ease. As of Monday, any [...]
‘This is a terrorist attack’: PM Trudeau condemns the premeditated killing of a Muslim family in London, Ontario
Nearly two days after four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., were killed in what police described as a targeted and hate-motivated act, Prime Minister [...]
Martha Koome is Kenya’s first female Chief Justice
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday appointed Justice Martha Koome as the Chief Justice, making her the first woman in Kenya’s history to hold the position, [...]
Two siblings die after being hit by car in Ontario as teen driver faces charges
A four-year-old boy and his 10-year-old sister have died in hospital after being struck by a car in a Vaughan, Ont. this weekend. Emergency crews were called to Athabasca [...]
Malian woman gives birth to nine babies
A 25-year-old Malian woman has given birth to nine babies – two more than doctors had detected during scans. Halima Cissé gave birth to the nonuplets in Morocco. [...]
Census amid a pandemic: 15 million Canadian households to get census forms this week
Every five years, the government of Canada conducts a national census and starting May 3rd, the 2021 census is underway. This year, for the first time, Statistics Canada is [...]
JSC nominates Martha Koome as Kenya’s next Chief Justice
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has unanimously nominated Justice Martha Koome Karambu for the position of Chief Justice and forwarded her name to President Uhuru [...]