Mary Simon is appointed as Canada's 30th Governor General, the first Indigenous person to act as the Queen's representative in the country. PM Justin Trudeau attends a ceremony in Saskatchewan for the transfer of control of child welfare to the Cowessess First Nation. Lheidli T’enneh Chief Dolleen Logan calls on the Pope to come to Canada to accept responsibility for the Catholic church’s role in residential schools. An Alberta man trying to access assistance from an ambulance for his ailing mother is told it's "not in service," an encounter captured on video.

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