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The Canadian flag is illuminated in the Embassy of Canada in Washington in Washington, Thursday, June 20, 2019. 

‘Canada Day is a reckoning’: Many cancel celebrations as nation mourns Indigenous unmarked graves

June 30, 2021Human rights

Canadians are being urged to use the day to reflect on the nation’s history of oppression and honor Indigenous communities. 

Sixteen-month-old Canada fan Rogan Clark watches team Canada and team Switzerland warm up before their exhibition hockey game in Red Deer, Alberta.

Can Canada teach the rest of us to be nicer?

March 27, 2015Belief
Gold medalist Justine Dufour-Lapointe of Canada poses with silver medalist Chloe Dufour-Lapointe. The sisters competed in the women's freestyle skiing moguls at the Sochi Winter Olympics. A Canadian TV host criticized how CBC announcers were pronouncing t

During the Olympics, Canadians are willing to drop their language arguments

February 14, 2014Arts, Culture & Media

McCain, NAFTA, Canada and Obama

August 15, 2013Global Politics

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