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Triquet Island

From oral history, a 14,000-year-old archaeological discovery

Culture

For thousands of years, the Heiltsuk people of Canada have passed down a record of surviving the ice age in an area that didn’t freeze over. Now, archaeologists working in the region have uncovered the physical evidence.

DNA

Modern-day tribes still carry traces of colonial devastation in their DNA

Health
Spadina Rd

Indigenous street names in Toronto get noticed and made ‘official’

Arts
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