'Harm to the girls': Girl Guides of Canada to rename Brownies branch
Girl Guides of Canada plans to rename Brownies, saying it has heard from several current and former members that the name has caused them personal harm.
CEO Jill Zelmanovits says they are changing the name to further remove barriers to belonging for racialized girls and women.
"It is clear that this change is the right thing to do — Girl Guides cannot be represented by a term that causes any girl harm,” said Zelmanovits in a statement Tuesday.
Creator's Stone meteorite to be returned to its historic site after over 150 years
After years of negotiations, the Alberta government signed an agreement Friday with a First Nations group committing to return an ancient meteorite to its historic location after being displaced for over 150 years.
Manitou Asinîy, also known as the Creator's Stone or Manitou Stone, is a 145-kilogram iron meteorite that landed close to the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, near modern-day Hardisty, Alta., many millennia ago.
The chestnut-coloured stone weighs about the same as a red-tailed deer and is the size of a large tire.
Presenters at National Gathering on Unmarked Burials want to break barriers
The smell of burning sage filled the banquet hall of an Edmonton hotel Wednesday as Indigenous elders, youth and women wearing colourful ribbon skirts listened to presenters at the first National Gathering on Unmarked Burials.
Reports from two days of sessions included information about archives, search technology and protecting burial sites.
Indigenous community members, federal ministers, and Catholic Church representatives responded to the reports with potential next steps.
Some Indigenous leaders concerned about reconciliation with new monarch
Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they're concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III.
Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey says the Queen's death last week wasn't good timing, as First Nations were making progress in working with the Crown toward upholding treaty agreements.
"We were building up not only the momentum, but letting (the Queen) know that the Crown and the relationship understood by our people is not what's being delivered by administrators," Noskey said from his office in Edmonton.