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Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission determined to complete historical record of Canada's Indian residential school system
Toronto :: Canada | 21 days ago
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The chair of the commission creating a historical record of Canada's Indian residential school system thinks he can still get the task done, despite the auditor general's conclusion that the task has been mired in discord. We have an obligation to
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Supreme Court won't hear Canadian Press appeal in Tommy Douglas case
Ottawa :: Canada | 1 month ago
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The Supreme Court of Canada has squelched an effort by The Canadian Press to lift the shroud of secrecy over an intelligence dossier compiled on socialist trailblazer Tommy Douglas. The high court said Friday it won't hear reporter Jim Bronskill's
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Canadian Librarians 'Owe Duty Of Loyalty To The Government,' Must Self-Censor Opinions Even In Private
Toronto :: Canada | 2 months ago
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One of their jobs is to help people find what they are looking for, in a neutral, objective way, without imposing their own ideas or values in the process. Sadly, it looks like that won't be possible in Canada any more, now that librarians are
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New government resources ads light on facts, heavy on patriotism
Ottawa :: Canada | 3 months ago
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Bruce Cheadle The Canadian Press Published Monday, Feb. 18 2013, 12:57 PM EST Last updated Monday, Feb. 18 2013, 12:57 PM EST Focus-group testing on what the Harper government calls its Responsible Resource Development campaign found the advertising
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Jan. 1: Mind the fiscal gap, and other letters to the editor
Ottawa :: Canada | 5 months ago
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The Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Jan. 01 2013, 7:00 AM EST Last updated Tuesday, Jan. 01 2013, 7:00 AM EST Mind the fiscal gap As often happens, most of the U.S. media's talking heads appear to have succeeded in focusing Americans' attention on
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Ottawa balked at high cost of releasing residential school records
Toronto :: Canada | 5 months ago
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Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Shawn Atleo Globe and Mail Video video video The government had intended the documents to be the basis of a resource centre at the University of Manitoba, where survivors and their families could find out what
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Zombie mould returns to attack central organ of Canadian government
Toronto :: Canada | 6 months ago
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Story An expensive, painstaking cleanup at the time, however, did not wipe out the creeping menace. In May this year, employees stumbled across files that had been dried and treated after the flood, yet showed renewed mould growth years later. The
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Woman, 96, trapped in bureaucratic nightmare, can't get health card
Ottawa :: Canada | 6 months ago
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But now 96-year-old Elizabeth Stead feels the Ontario government has handed her a death sentence. The only thing Stead needs is a replacement card, but for the past 10 days she's been bounced around from one government department to the next. She's
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As a butler, Colin MacPherson was a perfect practioner of a waning profession
Ottawa :: Canada | 9 months ago
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From caring for the clothes that had to look perfect, to whipping up dinner for 60, MacPherson, who died on July 19, performed everything to the highest standard. His youth would not have suggested a future among royalty, statesmen and superstars. He
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Library and Archives Canada preparing for big move
Toronto :: Canada | 10 months ago
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Library and Archives Canada has compiled the first-ever master list of how well its massive collection is holding up as it prepares for a major move next year of thousands of pieces of Canadian history. "As stewards, we're just doing the work for
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