Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous community in Canada over church’s role in boarding school abuse
Pope Francis offered a long-sought apology to the Indigenous community in Canada on Monday over the Catholic church’s role in the generational abuse they suffered at Indigenous residential schools for nearly 150 years. The schools were operated for decades by churches and the federal government of Canada to force assimilation.
Canada to decriminalise cocaine, other drugs for three Years
Canada has announced it will temporarily decriminalise the possession of small amounts of some illicit drugs in British Columbia (BC). The province asked for the criminal code exemption after overdoses claimed more than two thousand lives in BC last year, BBC News reports. This time-limited three-year trial is the