Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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School task force on Egerton Ryerson legacy won't speed up report despite protests
TORONTO - A Ryerson University task force reviewing the legacy of the school's namesake said Monday it would not speed up its work despite calls for immediate action and the toppling of a Egerton Ryer...
Jun 07, 2021
Gunshots near California college campus; suspect in custody
AZUSA, Calif. (AP) - A person has been taken into custody after authorities investigated gunfire near a Christian university campus in Southern California on Sunday, officials said. Azusa Pacific Univ...
Jun 06, 2021
Aspects of what Canadian students are taught about Indian residential schools
TORONTO - Aspects of what Canadian students are taught about Indian residential schools in the provinces and territories: Newfoundland: Is looking to explore making the topic of residential schools "m...
Jun 06, 2021
'Convenient ignorance:' Canadians' knowledge of residential schools woefully lacking
TORONTO - Widespread shock at the discovery of what are believed to be the buried remains of 215 Indigenous children has highlighted the pervasive ignorance among many Canadians of one of the most sor...
Jun 06, 2021
Pope voices 'pain' over Canadian deaths, doesn't apologize
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run residential schools and pressed religious and politic...
Jun 06, 2021
Canadian Bar Association urges firms to hire more Indigenous lawyers
The first Indigenous head of the Canadian Bar Association was a law school student in his mid-20s when he met his grandfather and learned he'd survived a "horrible" existence at a residential school i...
Jun 06, 2021
'Have conversations:' Experts urge learning truth about residential schools
Stephanie Scott shed tears with her daughter and five-year-old grandchild when remains of what are believed to be more than 200 children were found on the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residentia...
Jun 04, 2021
A look at the residential-school system in Canada
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced last week that ground-penetrating radar had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children in an unmarked burial site on...
Jun 03, 2021
Indigenous faculty call for Ryerson U name change and removal of statue
TORONTO - Indigenous professors at Ryerson University asked the school Wednesday to change its name and remove a statue of Egerton Ryerson from its campus because of his role in the creation of Canada...
Jun 02, 2021
Ontario, Quebec lay out pandemic plans for schools
TORONTO - Students in the two provinces hardest hit by COVID-19 should be able to experience a "normal" return to school in the fall, officials said Wednesday as other provinces and territories looked...
Jun 02, 2021
OPINION
Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
8:30 - With the by-elections now decided, Mark Carney's Liberals have secured a majority in the House of Commons, comple...