11 stories in Canada we’re watching – Macleans
In the news today: Greg Selinger to apologize to children picked up in ’60s scoop
MANITOBA TO APOLOGIZE TO ABORIGINAL ADOPTEES
Manitoba is set to become the first province to formally apologize to aboriginal adoptees today. Premier Greg Selinger is scheduled to deliver the apology in the legislature following an honouring ceremony of ’60s Scoop victims. Thousands of aboriginal children were taken by child-welfare agents from their homes starting in the 1960s and placed with non-aboriginal families.
SEN. DON MEREDITH EXPELLED FROM TORY CAUCUS
A controversial Conservative senator has been expelled from his party’s caucus following allegations in a published report that he was having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl. An official in the Prime Minister’s Office says Sen. Don Meredith is no longer a member of the Tory caucus.
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