Retired priest charged with assault in Manitoba residential school case

Manitoba RCMP say a 92-year-old retired priest has been charged after a decade-long investigation into the Fort Alexander Residential School northeast of Winnipeg.

Two Manitoba First Nations search former residential school sites, find anomalies

Sagkeeng First Nation found 190 anomalies in the soil and Minegoziibe Anishinabe First Nation located six.

First Nations leaders call on Pope Francis to visit residential schools

Vatican officials visited three locations in Canada this month as part of planning for Pope Francis’s expected trip this year, with some surprised that the former Kamloops, B.C., residential-school site that sparked a national reckoning last year was not part of the initial scout.

RCMP to receive $5.1-million to aid community responses to unmarked burial sites at former residential schools

The RCMP, who have long faced criticism over their troubled relationship with Indigenous people in Canada, are poised to receive $5.1-million over five years, beginning this fiscal year, to support community-led responses to unmarked burial sites at former residential schools.

Haunting Canada boarding school shot wins World Press Photo

This latest photo win came less than a week after Pope Francis made a historic apology to Indigenous peoples of Canada, for mistreatment in catholic schools

Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous delegates for residential schools

Pope Francis has apologized for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools, a year after the Catholic Church said it wouldn’t do so.

Advocates call for Indigenous artifacts in Vatican museum to be returned

Indigenous delegates from Canada were given a private tour of Vatican museums on Tuesday. There are calls for some of the tens of thousands of Indigenous artifacts housed there to be repatriated.

Canada’s Indigenous peoples seek papal apology at Vatican for residential schools

Canadian indigenous peoples meet Pope Francis this week to ask him to apologise for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools where children were abused and their culture denied.

Pope to visit Indigenous communities seeking apology for Church’s role in residential schools

Pope Francis will meet representatives of Canada’s native peoples this month to listen to their concerns following the discovery of bodies of children buried in church-run schools in Canada, the Vatican said on Wednesday.

Manitoba officials remove equipment from COVID-19 and residential school protests

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government cracked down Wednesday on two long-standing protests near the legislature and appeared to be only partially successful in clearing out the groups.