Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, he has asked the pope to come to Canada to apologise for the Catholic Church's role running residential schools for indigenous children, after nearly 1,000 bodies were found in two mass graves.

Trudeau says Pope should apologise on Canadian soil for church's role in residential schools

After the remains of 215 children were discovered at a former Catholic residential school in Canada, people toppled down a statue of Egerton Ryerson, an architect of the residential school system.

Egerton Ryerson's statue toppled after indigenous school scandal

Colten Boushie's death and the subsequent acquittal of his killer has fuelled loud calls for reforms to Canada's criminal justice system and its treatment of the Indigenous. Why has it taken so long?

Opinion: Why are indigenous Canadians in prison?

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