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Publication Date: June 11, 2026 - 04:00
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More than 300,000 Canadian mothers were forced to give up their babies. They are waiting for an apology
June 11, 2026
More than 300,000 unwed Canadian women were forced to give up their babies in the decades after the Second World War. Though many of these forcible adoptions happened in religious maternity homes that received public funding, the federal government has yet to offer a formal apology.
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Andy Easton began working as a custodian at the Vancouver Safety Deposit Vaults in 1976. On Friday, January 7, after checking the vault’s time lock, he shut the massive doors, confident they would still be locked when he showed up for work after the weekend. The vaults had been advertised as impregnable. (A banner outside the top floor read: “Safest Armoured Vaults in the West. Burglar and Fireproof.”)
Monday, January 10, began as a typical morning. Easton headed directly downstairs to the main vault and prepared to open its seven-inch-thick door at the programmed time. Easton noticed a...
July 2, 2026 - 06:30 | Don Levers | Walrus
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July 2, 2026 - 06:29 | Greta Rainbow | Walrus
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadians may hate the idea of U.S. statehood, but some still see the grass as greener across the border. The question is why, and a new study says the answer is more complicated than tax envy or better jobs. The data tell a mixed story: More Canadians seem to be heading to the U.S. in recent years, even as long-term permanent migration has declined. Nearly 20,000 Canadians emigrated to the U.S. permanently in 2022, a 65 per cent increase from the year before, according to Statistics Canada. But the average number of native-born Canadian-born people granted permanent...
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