help a remote community in the midst of a mental-health crisis. Chief Sam Mamakwa of Wunnumin Lake

Some were subjected them to abuse, rape and malnutrition at schools in what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2015 called" cultural genocide." Run by the government and Christian churches-mostly Catholic-the schools' stated aim was to assimilate indigenous children.... " On this first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we reflect on the lasting impacts of residential schools," Trudeau said on Thursday, a day after marking the holiday at an event held on the lawn in front of par

Open this photo in gallery Mario Wassaykeesic, a Poplar Hill band member living in London, Ont. who helped organize activities like bannock making sessions for the forest fire evacuees from his community displaced in a Thunder Bay hotel.... Willow Fiddler/ The Globe and MailWhen Mario Wassaykeesic decided to take a vacation from his job in London, Ont., last month, he planned to relax.... He didn’t anticipate that he’d end up over 1, 300 kilometres away, helping evacuees from his home communit