Day: July 6, 2021

When Landyn Toney, 12, laces up his shoes for the last day of his walk, the Mi’kmaw boy will have already covered 180 kilometres — pushing himself through each step with the reminder that his ancestors were forced to walk through their pain. He hopes to raise money and awareness for residential school survivors.

Until she moved out of her parents’ home, Neha Chollangi writes, she never understood how much she relied on her family to reinforce her cultural identity.

The 74th edition of the Cannes Festival kicks off on July 6, with a number of Canadian films screening across several programs. CBC News gives a rundown of this year’s titles produced and set in Canada.

The apparent ease with which a former U.S. diplomat convinced the Syrian Kurds to investigate and release a Canadian woman he helped — with no clear evidence that other detainees were being offered the same — has fuelled concern among those who say Canada is abandoning its obligations under humanitarian law to family members of ISIS militants.

Montreal hockey fans celebrated Monday with cries and cheers of uninhibited joy after Josh Anderson scored the game-winning goal in overtime to lift the Habs to a 3-2 victory in Game 4 against the Tampa Bay Lightning.