Activists who have spent much of their lives standing up for basichuman rights say they're hurt by the response they're seeing to the recent protests against vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions.

NDP MP Niki Ashton is calling on the federal government to respond to First Nations calls for military support to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 in northern and isolated communities. Ashton says workers in the communities are getting sick and isolating, but there are no replacements for them.

Members of a northern Anishininew family could spend Christmas in an old school bus after their trailer burned down last week in the remote, fly-in community of Garden Hill First Nation, Man., leaving 17 people with no home.

While a long-awaited trip to visit Pope Francis at the Vatican was delayed due to concerns about the omicron variant,Phil Fontainesays he's more determined than ever to make sure the apology he's been fighting to hearfor at least 31 years nowwill be made.

A Brandon, Man., couple are quarantiningin a Toronto hotel after returning from South Africa,just days afterthe federal government placed travel restrictions on 10 countries due to the presence of a new variant of concern.

Jenna Bardarson booked her daughter for an annual flu shot. But instead, the three-year-old was given an adult dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the Brandon, Man., mother says.

Recent incidents between cab drivers and female passengers in Winnipeg have raised safety concerns. Last month, two cab drivers were charged in separate assaults on women. Now CBC is hearing about an incident that happened to a male passenger.