A group offers to teach Indigenous people how to dig up graves and get the bodies out WARNING: This story has parts that are sad. A forensic anthropology group in Guatemala is reaching out to Indigenous people who might want to find the bodies of children buried on the grounds of former residential schools in…
The head of the city’s public transportation system announced plans to restore service between Tunney’s Pasture and Ottawa The Confederation Line will start running again between Tunney’s Pasture and uOttawa stations on Tuesday morning, which is a few days ahead of schedule. The general manager of transit services, Renée Amilcar, said on Monday that work…
Most of the time, people with ALS are given two to five years to live Albertans who have ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, now have a new treatment option that could improve their quality of life and help them live longer. The Alberta government will pay the estimated $18,500 a month per patient…
More When New Brunswick police interact with the public, they will wear cameras As police body cameras become permanent in some parts of New Brunswick, the new technology has become a mainstay in court cases, sometimes helping the accused and sometimes hurting them. The Fredericton Police Force said last week that its six-year pilot program…
After siblings’ health card notices were taken from their homes in 1976, the sister said, “I know he’s out there. Since he was taken away as a child during the Sixties Scoop, a Métis man has been missing for decades. His siblings want to know why the Manitoba government keeps sending him a verification of…
Most of the time, rock climbing isn’t allowed in provincial parks A group of rock climbers is trying to get the Ontario government to loosen rules and let more rock climbing happen in provincial parks. Under the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, it is against the law to climb rocks in many provincial parks…
The president of a health care advocacy group says the role is very important Western Quebec’s health authority is still looking for a new CEO five months after putting out a call for candidates. The top job at the The Integrated Health and Social Services Center of the Outaouais(CISSSO) hasn’t had a person in it since…
Kevin Liu puts tea leaves from Asia in ice cream to make it taste different A Vancouver-based ice cream maker is making tea-based ice creams that taste like things like rare Korean oolong, freshly picked Shincha leaves from Japan, and even Chinese herbal cough syrup. These tea-based ice creams are a little different from the…
Marion Howell was told that no woman was available for a security check at Bathurst Airport Marion Howell, 62, was going home to Ajax, Ontario, from northern New Brunswick last week. Her trip to the airport was supposed to be like any other. Howell felt ready when she got to the Bathurst Airport. She got…
Monday, the animal was seen at Hylands Golf Club and caught by wildlife experts Last week, a 27-kilogram pig was seen playing around on a military golf course. It was safely taken away. The pig was filmed on the grounds of the Hylands Golf Club, which is just southeast of the Ottawa International Airport. The…