By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

The Canadian government said on Thursday it would direct more resources to First Nations police and address systemic racism in the justice system and law enforcement to tackle violence against indigenous women, but gave no time frame for achieving its “transformative changes.”

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Nia Williams – Reuters

The discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school in Canada has reopened wounds for survivors of the system, they said, as the government pledged to spend previously promised money to search for more unmarked graves.

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Indigenous groups in Canada are calling for a nationwide search for mass graves at residential school sites after the discovery of the remains of 215 children at one former school last week shocked the country.

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of a former residential school for indigenous children, a discovery Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as heartbreaking on Friday.

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Moira Warburton, Reuters

Canadians want vaccines. Many can’t figure out how to get them.

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

Canada’s pandemic-era policy of turning back asylum-seekers trying to enter between official border crossings is unlawful and violates their rights, a legal action filed on Tuesday alleges.

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

As Canada’s vaccination campaign ramps up, people at higher risk of transmitting COVID-19 often lack the resources to navigate labyrinthine booking systems or the documentation that would ease their path to inoculation.

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

Canada’s refugee resettlement is off to a slow start this year, with just over 1,000 refugees settled through early March, government data show, raising doubts about the country’s ability to achieve its ambitious 2021 target.

By Allison Lampert and Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

U.S. taxi and limousine services are seeing a boom in business from customers seeking to enter Canada by land to avoid a restriction on international travel that applies only to air traffic.

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

Over the course of a single shift last week, critical care physician Laveena Munshi saw her intensive care unit (ICU) at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital fill with pregnant and post-partum COVID-19 patients.