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Trudeau: Atrocity Isn't an Exception

Canadian leaders call for searches at other former Indigenous schools for buried children

(Newser) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday the discovery of the bodies of over 200 children buried at a former Indigenous residential school is not an isolated event. Trudeau's comments come as Indigenous leaders are calling for an examination of every former residential school site—institutions that held children taken...

Find at School Site a 'Horrifying Reminder' of Indigenous Abuse

Ground-penetrating radar on property in British Columbia, Canada, finds remains of 215 children

(Newser) - The site of a residential school that was once the largest in Canada has been hiding a gruesome secret for more than 40 years—one that serves as "a horrifying reminder of the abuses against Indigenous people in Canada," per CTV News . On Friday, Chief Rosanne Casimir of...

He Tried to Stop Rollout of 'Killer' Vax. Now, a Mutiny Charge

Canadian soldier Ladislas Kenderesi accused of telling other soldiers not to help with vaccine rollout

(Newser) - Canada hasn't lodged a mutiny charge against a service member in at least two decades, but that recently changed, with a military reservist now accused of encouraging other members of the armed forces not to distribute the COVID vaccine. Per the country's Department of National Defense, the rare...

Newborn Taken, Woman Held In Assault With Bear Spray

Police say the attacker met the new mom on Facebook

(Newser) - A Canadian woman is accused of kidnapping a newborn after overpowering a family with bear spray. Police say the accused met the new mom on Facebook and brought over a gift on Friday. She returned to her Ottawa home Sunday afternoon with bear spray, CTV News reports. According to police,...

Member of Doomed 1845 Arctic Expedition Is Identified

John Gregory left a wife and kids at home

(Newser) - It was his very first time at sea. It did not go well. Warrant Officer John Gregory is the first member of the doomed 1845 expedition in search of the fabled Northwest Passage to the East to be identified by DNA. All 129 explorers perished, most on King William Island...

Canada Drops Age for Pfizer Dose to 12

Nation is the first to approve Pfizer dose for recipients that young

(Newser) - Canada has dropped the minimum age for receiving the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from 16 to 12. The decision was announced Wednesday by Health Canada, the nation's regulator, which limits the other three products approved for use—AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna—to recipients over 18, the CBC reports....

Diplomats: Canada Is Hiding 'Havana Syndrome' Cases

They claim personnel are being sent to Havana without knowing the risks

(Newser) - A group of Canadian diplomats says their government is hiding cases of "Havana Syndrome," the mysterious illness affecting Canadian and US personnel in Cuba. In a letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, nine diplomats who reported strange symptoms say "at least three additional cases were identified...

Internet Down for 'Uniquely Canadian' Reason

Beavers chewed through cable

(Newser) - About 900 customers in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, lost internet, cellphone, and cable TV service for nearly 12 hours over the weekend thanks to what a telecom company spokesperson refers to as a "uniquely Canadian turn of events." Namely, beavers. Some of the critters chewed through crucial fiber...

Canadian Lawmaker: Sorry About Taking Picture of Naked Zoom Mishap

It's still not clear how shot of Canadian MP became public

(Newser) - How exactly did the photo of a naked Canadian lawmaker on a computer screen get released, seeing as the Zoom mishap wasn't viewable by the public when it took place? Well, a fellow Canadian lawmaker took it, and is now apologizing. The shot of MP William Amos, who was...

State Offers Free Vaccines to Canadian Truckers

'The US has got a lot of vaccines and Canada's got less,' North Dakota governor says

(Newser) - With Canada's vaccination campaign lagging a long way behind the US, North Dakota has decided to step up and offer doses to its neighbors who cross the border for essential purposes. Up to 4,000 truck drivers from Manitoba will be offered COVID vaccines for free under a program...

Canadian Lawmaker Gives Colleagues an Accidental Show

William Amos said he stripped down in front of camera, not realizing it was on

(Newser) - A Canadian member of parliament appeared naked in front of his colleagues Wednesday when he changed out of jogging clothes in his office—right in front of his camera. Liberal MP William Amos, the parliamentary secretary to Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, was seen completely naked during a virtual parliamentary session,...

Cluster of Cases May Signal Entirely New Brain Disease

Symptoms are similar to Creutzfeldt-Jakob, doctors in New Brunswick, Canada, are stumped

(Newser) - Doctors in Canada may be dealing with an entirely new brain disease that's specific to one part of their country. A cluster of 43 cases is under investigation in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, reports the Guardian . Symptoms are similar to well-known "prion diseases" such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob,...

15 Human Feet Washed Ashore. Science Explains Why
15 Human Feet
Washed Ashore.
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Mar 28, 2021 4:00 PM CDT

15 Human Feet Washed Ashore. Here's Why

The mystery started in 2007

(Newser) - "Please don’t call them 'severed feet.'" So says forensic scientist Gail Anderson of Simon Fraser University, whose research involving dead pigs plays a big role in getting to the bottom of a mystery that flummoxed Canadian locals and police near the Salish Sea off British...

Special Recipe Saves the Day for Boy With Autism

Company adapts recipe of discontinued waffle, only food Jerico Roman will eat, for home use

(Newser) - A Canadian company has come through in an unusual way for a boy with autism in British Columbia. Nature's Path has adapted its recipe for a discontinued brand of waffles so the family of a 9-year-old boy who eats little else can make them at home, reports Global News...

Rescue by US, Canadian Coast Guards Was, in a Word, Crazy

31 rescued from Nova Scotia fishing vessel amid dark, stormy seas

(Newser) - US and Canadian coast guard officials managed an impressive 12-hour rescue of all 31 crew members from a disabled fishing vessel off Nova Scotia over Tuesday and Wednesday, wrapping up shortly before the vessel sank. The 143-foot Atlantic Destiny was 130 miles from Nova Scotia's southwest coast when it...

She Quarantined for Night After Funeral. It Cost $2,750

An Ontario woman gripes about the government's new COVID restrictions

(Newser) - As of Feb. 22, air travelers to Canada must take a COVID test upon arrival and quarantine in a qualifying hotel until their results are in, reports Global News . That can take up to three days, but in the case of Cristina Teixeira, her results were in after just one...

Canadians Will Begin Receiving Blank Postcards on Monday

It's part of the 'Write Here Write Now' campaign

(Newser) - Chances are that it’s been a while since someone sent you a postcard. But if you live in Canada, you can expect to receive one soon. And it will be blank. It’s all part of a plan to help Canadians stay connected during the pandemic, the CBC reports....

Canada&#39;s Oddly Hard Butter Spurs Investigation, Threats
Canada's Oddly Hard Butter
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Feb 28, 2021 11:35 AM CST

Canada's Oddly Hard Butter Spurs Investigation, Threats

Buttergate has blown up

(Newser) - A Canadian cookbook author has helped fuel what is being referred to as "buttergate"—an outcry over an apparent change in Canadian butter that leaves it hard all the time, even when kept at room temperature. On Feb. 5, Julie Van Rosendaal tweeted the following: "Something is...

Trudeau Swipes at Trump in Call With Biden

And more from their virtual meeting, their first since Biden took office

(Newser) - President Biden’s first bilateral meeting with Canada’s Justin Trudeau since taking office was high on policy, low on pomp, and featured a very large swipe at Biden's predecessor as the coronavirus forced the two leaders to convene virtually Tuesday rather than gathering with customary Oval Office fanfare....

Comedian Appeals Fine for Insulting Disabled Child

Mike Ward takes case to Canada's top court

(Newser) - Canada's top court is being asked to decide whether mocking a disabled child should be considered legally protected freedom of expression. French-Canadian comedian Mike Ward is appealing a 2016 order from the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal to pay $28,000 to Jeremy Gabriel, who has the rare genetic condition...

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