Three stories in the news for Monday, Sept. 25——UN COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN CANADAThe UN Human Rights Council is set to discuss a report on issues affecting African-Canadians that makes recommendations to Ottawa, including that it apologize for slavery and consider reparations for historical injustices. A UN working group will submit its final report on the human rights situation of people of African descent in Canada to the council today. Some report findings released in August raised deep concerns about Canada’s legacy of anti-black racism, which traces its origins to slavery in the 16th century and reverberates into the present day. ——HIGHWAY OF TEARS WALK TO WRAP BEFORE INQUIRY HEARINGA group of family members and advocates of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls will walk along the so-called Highway of Tears today into a small British Columbia community where a national inquiry is set to hold hearings. ——ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY— The third round of negotiations in Ottawa of the North American Free Trade Agreement— Invictus Games continue in Toronto— Sentencing of Alberta couple who pleaded guilty to failing to provide the necessaries of life to their young daughter

Source: National Post September 25, 2017 08:15 UTC