The U.S. Justice Department has announced more than $86 million in grants for American Indian and Alaska Native communities to ​​support survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking and sex trafficking. Nearly $14 million of those dollars were awarded to Alaska tribes and tribal organizations.

A sea of orange covered the gymnasium at the mâmawêyatitân centre in north Regina and the Wanuskewin Heritage Park north of Saskatoon as Canada marked the fourth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Monday.

It's always First Nations who take the day off and do their thing and go reconcile, but I think it's important for other Ontarians to have that day off to acknowledge, to reflect, to mourn, to learn of the real history of residential school,