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'Horrifying': Record-breaking Northwest Heatwave linked to hundreds of deaths
Jul 05, 2021 18:19The record-shattering heatwave currently scorching the Pacific Northwest has been linked to hundreds of deaths in the region with British Columbia alone reporting at least 486 "sudden and unexpected" fatalities.
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Canada's indigenous genocide is ongoing
Jul 05, 2021 18:08The founding of these two North American neighboring countries, Canada and the US has everything to do with genocide and erasure of Indigenous presence — as well as erasure of the horrors committed by white supremacist authorities in government, police, religious institutions and educational systems.
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Queen statues toppled amid outrage over unmarked graves of Indigenous children
Jul 04, 2021 20:11A group of demonstrators gathered at the Manitoba legislature on July 1st as the country marked Canada Day, and pulled down a statue of Queen Victoria.
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Village in Canada destroyed in wildfires caused by record heat
Jul 02, 2021 15:03A series of wildfires that have been ravaging the Canadian province of British Columbia for several days now due to abnormally high temperatures have mostly destroyed the village of Lytton, local authorities say.
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Canada Day muted as country reckons with treatment of indigenous, other minorities
Jul 02, 2021 07:51Multiple cities scrapped Canada Day celebrations on Thursday after the discovery of hundreds of remains of children in unmarked graves at former indigenous schools sparked a reckoning with the country's colonial past.
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Canada: Two more Catholic churches on First Nations reserves destroyed by fire
Jul 01, 2021 19:32Two more Catholic churches on First Nations reserves in western Canada have been destroyed by fires that investigators are once again treating as suspicious.
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480 plus sudden deaths reported as heat wave hits Canada
Jul 01, 2021 13:43At least 486 sudden deaths have been reported in Canada’s British Columbia since Friday, in what seems to be related to a record-breaking heat wave sweeping the province.
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Nearly 200 bodies found near another former residential school in Canada
Jul 01, 2021 11:15A Canadian indigenous group has discovered nearly 200 unmarked graves on the grounds of another former residential school in Canada’s Saskatchewan, shortly after the discovery of a mass grave of First Nation children shook the country and reignited the debate over the horrific abuses against indigenous people.
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Islamophobia: Four years after Finsbury Park attack, Canada deaths show threat undiminished
Jun 30, 2021 16:58Muslims around the world will never be safe until the issue of Islamophobia is taken seriously and tackled head-on.
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Scores dead as record-breaking heat wave grips Canada, US
Jun 30, 2021 13:49Scores of deaths in Canada's Vancouver area are likely linked to a grueling heat wave as the country recorded its highest ever temperature amid scorching conditions that extended to the US Pacific Northwest.