• The Canadian Press

    B.C. First Nation, Catholic Church announce 'Sacred Covenant' to be signed on Easter

    KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Vancouver's Catholic archdiocese is marking Easter with a commitment towards reconciliation with First Nations in B.C., Archbishop J. Michael Miller says. The church and the chief of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc announced Thursday that a "Sacred Covenant" agreement has been reached between the church and the First Nation in Kamloops, B.C. The covenant comes three years after the First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., announced the discovery of what it believed were the remains of more th

  • The Daily Beast

    U.S. Army Probes Guardsman Who Wore Patch Resembling Nazi Symbol

    20th Special Forces Group (A)A viral photo of a National Guardsman donning a patch that appeared eerily similar to a Nazi symbol has sparked a probe by the U.S. Army, the special forces unit in question confirmed this week. The symbol, worn on the back of a helmet of an unnamed guardsman from the 20th Special Forces Group, resembled the infamous Nazi SS Totenkopf, a skull-and-crossbones image utilized by Adolf Hitler’s elite corps. The soldier at the center of the controversy hasn’t been identif

  • Associated Press

    California supervisor who tried to get rid of Shasta County vote-counting machines survives recall

    A local official in a rural Northern California survived a recall attempt spurred in part by his effort to get rid of the county's vote-counting machines following unfounded accusations of fraud amplified by former President Donald Trump. Kevin Crye was elected to the Shasta County Board of Supervisors in 2022. The machines were made by Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of debunked conspiracy theories of how Trump lost the 2020 presidential election.