The Friday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Friday, Nov. 24
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TRUDEAU MAKES RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL APOLOGY TO FORMER NEWFOUNDLAND STUDENTS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an apology on behalf of the federal government for abuse and cultural losses at residential schools in Newfoundland and Labrador. Trudeau told former students in Goose Bay on Friday that the gesture is part of recognizing “hard truths” Canada must confront as a society. The former students were left out of a compensation package and national apology in 2008 by the then Harper government, which contended that Ottawa didn’t oversee the schools in question. Trudeau’s Liberal government agreed to a settlement last year.
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