TSAWWASSEN - It took four people to haul the carcass of a sturgeon off the banks of the Fraser River in Richmond, B.C., earlier this month, one of dozens to wash up recently. The body of the hefty fish about 1.6 metres long was then frozen as part of a...

CHILLIWACK - St. Mary's Church in Chilliwack hosted a historic celebration last weekend featuring the installation of two sacred cedar House Posts, carved by renowned Coast Salish artist J. Luke Pike (Swoli:u:se) from Cheam First Nation, as part of the parish's ongoing journey toward reconciliation.The ceremony on Sund...

The smell of sage and sweetgrass floated in the air Monday over a mostly sombre ceremony in Ottawa to reflect on the legacy of residential schools and remember those who survived - and the thousands who didn't. Amid the more difficult moments at the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony on Parliament Hill ...

OTTAWA - Residential school survivors say the federal government is keeping the truth about those institutions in the dark by cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmarked graves of children who died at the schools. More than 150,000 children were forced to attend residential schools, and...

OTTAWA - Residential school survivors say the federal government is keeping the truth about those institutions in the dark by cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmarked graves of children who died at the schools. More than 150,000 children were forced to attend residential schools, and...

Canada acknowledges the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday (Sept. 30), and for many in several provinces, including B.C., it will be a day off. The occasion promotes awareness of the residential school system and its impact on Indigenous communities for over a century. Orange Shirt Day coincides with T...