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After 40 days in the Colombian rainforest, all four children who had been missing since the plane they were traveling in crashed on May 1 have been found alive, according to Colombia's president.They achieved an example of total survival that will go down in history, President Gustavo Petro said in a news conference on Friday night.

Under an around-the-clock summer sun, a young Arctic fox set out in July 2019 from Bylot Island in Nunavut, Canada.He wandered over the tundra for 299 days, probably alone, trotting an astonishing 6,400 kilometers before reaching a new home.A tracking collar confirmed the record-breaking journey.We knew Arctic foxes could go far, says University of Quebec ecologist Dominique Berteaux, who has led an Arctic foxtracking project for 20 years.

The Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, has called for a national debate over Britain's role in the slave trade, after the coronation reignited questions over the monarchy's historical links.He said he wanted a more open-minded approach to dealing with questions over the UK's role in enslaving Africans, praising the path taken by the New Zealand government, which has offered an apology and more than $150m in reparations to Indigenous communities for past mistreatment.

Religious groups and cultural and Indigenous communities in Ontario will soon be able to apply for grants of up to $10,000 to protect their facilities from hate-motivated crimes.Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism Michael Ford announced today that the province would spend $25.5 million over two years on a new anti-hate security and prevention grant.

The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on Oct. 20, 2022.(Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) The Supreme Court of Canada will rule today on the constitutionality of a law that prevented a judge from allowing an offender to avoid jail by imposing a conditional sentence.The top court agreed to review an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling that found the Criminal Code provision violated the Charter of Rights because of its effect on Indigenous offenders.

What must change to promote greater health equity among Indigenous peoples in Canada?In Canada, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples face significant health disparities compared with non-Indigenous Canadians in nearly all areas of medical care.From child welfare, mental health, and addiction services to health governance and accessing culturally appropriate care, the current health care system isn't working for Indigenous peoples.

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Jackson moves through the life of a young woman in the rural South at different phases of her life, allowing for a sort of poetic logic from one sequence to the next.She sets the tone with a lengthy scene of two sisters fishing with their father, the camera settling on hands far more than faces-a hand holding a rod, touching a fish, pushing into the riverbed, etc.

Happy Thursday, everyone!From live concerts to outdoor drinking and Lunar New Year festivals, there's plenty of exciting things to do around town this weekend.Best Things to Do This Weekend



Ne-Yo at the Kennedy Center.Three-time Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter arrives in DC this weekend for an evening of live music with the National Symphony Orchestra and its conductor, Steven Reineke.

Good morning everyone!The Leafs are back in action tonight to face the Jets.After facing Paul Maurice's current team on Tuesday, who are surprisingly floundering, we're facing Paul Maurice's former team tonight, who are surprisingly good this year.The Leafs' last few games against the Jets have been pretty notable, so some people are quite excited for this game.

The Leafs last game was at home on January 5 against the Seattle Kraken, which Toronto lost by a score of 5-1.The Leafs have a record of 23-9-7 so far.The Detroit Red Wings last played at home on January 6 against the Florida Panthers.The Red Wings lost by a score of 3-2, and their current league record is 16-14-7.