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Journalist plans to create new archive of residential school survivor stories — before it's too late | CBC News A new project from award-winning journalist Connie Walker aims to create an archive of testimonies of abuse at residential schools before the accounts are destroyed in September 2027.

Journalist plans to create new archive of residential school survivor stories — before it's too late. Connie Walker to get help from law and journalism students to gather and preserve records. www.cbc.ca/news/indigen... via @cbcnews.ca @conniewalker.bsky.social #reconciliation #journalism

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I have questions regarding Rogers's dismissal of Tina Yazdani

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CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness.

Exclusive: The acting director of the CDC has delayed publication of a report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists.

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Cree Nation wants answers from Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations after audit | APTN News
Cree Nation wants answers from Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations after audit | APTN News YouTube video by APTN News

The James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan wants answers from the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations after the recent forensic audit was completed by the federal government and the KPMG Accounting Firm.

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The Doug Ford government is moving to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps The Star has for decades used freedom of information legislation to hold governments to account.

Ford gov't in Ont moves to shield politicians from scrutiny. Here are secrets the new law would have kept under wraps. (From TorStar)
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Jesse Brown Insists He’s Done Nothing Wrong Banned from Reddit and accused of phishing critics, Canadaland’s founder is leading a chaotic 'investigation' into an army of sockpuppet accounts

Jesse Brown insists he’s done nothing wrong

Banned from Reddit and accused of phishing critics, Canadaland’s founder is leading a chaotic 'investigation' into an army of sockpuppet accounts

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NDP Leader Avi Lewis vows to move party to the left and stop oil industry expansion Provincial counterparts in Alberta and Saskatchewan distance themselves
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Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

NEW: Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids

A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often.

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NEW: On the first day of the war with Iran, the United States used a new ballistic missile. It was untested in combat. Our analysis shows it struck a sports hall, an elementary school, and residential areas — killing at least 21 people, including children. w/ @johnismay.bsky.social

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An Edmonton-born man has spent the last four months in a U.S. ICE detention centre. He now faces deportation An Edmonton man was detained by ICE in November after coming back to his home in Texas from a work trip in Mexico. He now faces deportation.

An Edmonton-born man has spent the last four months in a U.S. ICE detention centre. He now faces deportation

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The Preschool Teaching Assistant Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist” When Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, the D.H.S. justified it by calling her a “domestic terrorist.” In the aftermath, she’s been trying to recover her reputation and, with it, a sense of reality.

Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent. Her lawyer believes that her case should be studied as a “playbook” for D.H.S. violence. “She’s one of the few people who has survived the bullets and can speak out,” he said. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/j0manC

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Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils and paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others.

After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

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Petition calls on Parliament to save files on residential school abuse before they're destroyed | CBC News An attempt to preserve files documenting some of the worst harms caused by Indian Residential Schools could soon head to Parliament.

Petition calls on Parliament to save files on residential school abuse before they're destroyed - Petition has over 11,000 signatures asking government to save residential school files
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In January, we went inside the Dilley detention center. Children shared letters describing the anguish of being ripped from their lives: propub.li/4cUHm8L

After publishing that story, we learned about Edison, a 13-year-old from Chicago detained for 2+ months. Listen to Edison in his own words 👇

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It appears a hospital in Teheran has now been hit.

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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs.

Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.

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Lawrence Summers resigns from teaching at Harvard over ties to Jeffrey Epstein The former U.S. treasury secretary and former Harvard University president’s decision follows a review of documents that showed the nature of his relationship with the disgraced financier.

Breaking news: Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of this academic year because of his connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

“I miss my school and my friends I feel bad since when I came here to this Place, because I have been here too long,” wrote 9-year-old Susej, who said she had been held at Dilley detention center for more than 50 days.

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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

We found the Trump administration kept about 300 kids at the Dilley detention center for more than a month, despite a long-standing legal settlement that generally limits the time children can be held in detention to 20 days.

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Mother says son, 11, bullied, beaten for being Indigenous

Mother says son, 11, bullied, beaten for being Indigenous
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Jamie Raskin accuses DoJ of cover-up after viewing unredacted Epstein files Ranking member of House judiciary panel said ‘mysterious redactions’ in files obscured names of abusers

Ranking member of House judiciary panel said ‘mysterious redactions’ in files obscured names of abusers www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

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‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.

“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

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List of suspected Nazi war criminals welcomed in Canada should stay secret, information watchdog rules Commissioner accepts argument that releasing names could damage relations with a foreign power

List of suspected Nazi war criminals welcomed in Canada should stay secret, information watchdog rules
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Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican superstar, accepted the best música urbána album at the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday with a direct response to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Follow our live coverage here. nyti.ms/4a7BQgd

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Bad Bunny with a powerful anti-ICE speech at the Grammys 🔥🔥🔥🔥

"Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ‘ICE out.’ We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans."

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‘Mommy, why don’t you pick us up?’: Mother of Liam Conejo Ramos shares her story from hiding Liam and his father are currently being held by federal authorities in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, an hour plus drive southwest of San Antonio.

Liam’s mother, Erika Ramos, spoke to MPR News about what she witnessed that day. She also discussed her phone conversations with her son and her husband and the pain she has experienced. @mprnews.org

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NABJ OUTRAGED AT ARRESTS OF DON LEMON, GEORGIA FORT ‘THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS NOT OPTIONAL’ The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is outraged and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and […]

“What message are we sending about who gets to report and who gets silenced? A free press, not a penalized one, is essential to democracy; especially, when coverage intersects with contentious public issues.” nabjonline.org/blog/nabjout...

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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:

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