Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... 5th annual Truth and Reconciliation Day marked by events in Ottawa, Toronto Today is the fifth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - a day where Canadians r...

Red Deer Public Schools is highlighting the students who've been providing meaningful land acknowledgements at the start of board meetings.The division says this has given students an opportunity to honour Indigenous relations while deepening their own learning.What's even better is that students who've moved on from C...

To honour the people affected by residential schools, the Town of Sylvan Lake is inviting the public to attend an evening program on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to walk together, listen, and reflect.On Tuesday, Sept. 30, the program begins at 6 p.m. at the Municipal Government Building where the town ...

This Sunday, Sept. 28, celebrate World Rivers Day at Red Deer's Fort Normandeau.The free event is co-organized by the Red Feather Women, Red Deer Indigenous Dance Troupe, Council of Canadians, and Urban Indigenous Voices Society, as well as other local volunteers.This is the second annual observance of World Rivers Day...

OTTAWA - Residential school survivors say the federal government is keeping the truth about those institutions in the dark by cutting back on funding for records and ground searches looking for unmarked graves of children who died at the schools. More than 150,000 children were forced to attend residential schools, and...

OTTAWA - A National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony is planned in Ottawa this afternoon to honour the survivors of Canada's residential school system and the children who never returned home. The event on Parliament Hill is set to begin at 3 p.m. ET and includes survivors and Indigenous leaders, while other e...