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Atikamekw baby to be reburied in home community more than 70 years after death
Atikamekw baby to be reburied in home community
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
More than 70 years after his death, an Atikamekw baby buried far from his family in Quebec City will be laid to rest in his home community.
After 12 years of searching, the family of Maxime Ottawa has located his burial site, exhumed his remains and confirmed his identity, bringing what relatives describe as "immense relief."
"On Oct. 26, 2026, Baby Maxime will finally come home to Manawan, to his mother and father, to his brothers and sisters," his niece, Manon Ottawa, said Thursday at a news conference in Montreal.
Maxime was the brother of her father, Henri Ottawa, whose wish to find out what happened to the child prompted her to begin searching in 2014.
Manawan is an Atikamekw community located about 250 kilometres north of Montreal.
In 1954, when Maxime was just six months old, he was taken from Manawan to La Tuque, Que., for medical treatment without his parents.
He was later transferred to Quebec City without his family being informed. He died on Oct. 5, 1954, after 43 days in the hospital, without his loved ones having the chance to see him one last time.
His parents only learned of his death two years later, and were unable to hold a funeral or bury him according to their traditions and beliefs.
"In 2014, four years after the death of my father Henri, I began searching, according to his wishes, to find my uncle," Ottawa told reporters.
"I wanted to understand what had happened to him … I wanted to know the truth."
The family's search eventually led them to Saint-Charles Cemetery in Quebec City, where Maxime had been buried.
In October 2025, Quebec Superior Court authorized the exhumation of his remains so that forensic testing could confirm his identity and, if successful, allow him to be reburied in Manawan.
The exhumation proved particularly complex.
Cemetery records indicate Maxime was buried in a plot containing five people, while the two neighbouring plots contained four and five people, respectively, all of them Indigenous.
One body was eventually exhumed and transferred to Quebec's forensic laboratory for identification testing.
Nearly a year later, on Sept. 30, Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the family received confirmation that the remains belonged to Maxime Ottawa.
"Receiving this confirmation precisely on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation gave it an even deeper meaning in our story," Manon Ottawa said.
She added that reconciliation goes beyond words and requires seeking truth and respecting the dignity of families.
Maxime's story is one of several involving Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being sent to Quebec hospitals decades ago, leaving families searching for answers.
In 2020, Indigenous leaders called for separate legislation to help families access medical records and religious archives to learn what happened to their children. The province passed a law the following year allowing families to access certain records held by health institutions, government bodies and religious organizations.
Maxime's remains are expected to return to Manawan on Monday, ahead of a reburial ceremony on Wednesday that will honour his memory and the traditions of his community.
In a statement Thursday, the family thanked those who helped bring Maxime home after decades of uncertainty.
"While their search for truth is coming to an end, the journey toward possible reconciliation can now begin," the family said in a statement issued through their lawyer, Olivia Malenfant.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
By Frédéric Lacroix-Couture | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Some government websites still down in response to security risk
Some federal sites still down after security risk
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
Some federal government websites are still out of commission as Ottawa takes precautions against a global security risk.
Governments and corporations worked throughout the night on urgent security updates after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language vital to 70 per cent of websites globally.
The office of the federal government's chief information officer says security updates are being applied and some government websites may be temporarily unavailable or experience service disruptions while the measures are being implemented.
The office says work is underway to restore access as quickly and securely as possible.
There is no indication that any federal systems have been compromised, the office says.
Artificial intelligence agents helped uncover the vulnerabilities and OpenAI says it has led a coalition of researchers, security providers and others to address vulnerabilities in PHP over the past two months.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
— With files from The Associated Press
By Catherine Morrison | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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B.C. jury finds Adam Mann guilty in 2024 home-invasion murder of Tori Dunn
Jury finds man guilty in B.C. home-invasion murder
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
A man accused of killing a Surrey, B.C., resident during a home invasion in 2024 has been convicted of second-degree murder, in a case that triggered calls for bail reform.
The BC Prosecution Service says Adam Mann was found guilty by a jury in New Westminster, B.C., on Wednesday.
Mann is set to appear next Thursday in court to set a date for sentencing.
The attack happened on June 16, 2024, at 30-year-old Tori Dunn's home in Surrey's Port Kells neighbourhood, where she was stabbed and died from her injuries.
Mann's DNA was found on the handle of a knife that also carried Dunn's blood, but Mann told court he picked up the knife on the side of the road before police arrived and arrested him.
The case generated considerable public interest because Mann was facing an unrelated aggravated assault charge and was slated to appear in court in the matter, but had been released on bail.
Dunn's family launched a petition calling for a legal review of what led to Mann's release and for changes to prevent similar tragedies in the future.
NDP Leader David Eby had said in his capacity as premier in July that he had asked his team to reach out to the Dunn family to discuss the case and to find ways to support their calls for reform.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said in a statement in June that Mann, an Ontario resident, was found by Surrey police while they were on their way to Dunn's home.
Mann was once deemed an "unmanageable risk" unsuitable for community supervision, in a pre-sentencing report after being convicted of a home invasion in Ontario more than a decade ago.
Court records in B.C., Ontario and New Brunswick show Mann has a criminal history dating back decades.
In 2009, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for robbery and weapons offences in a home invasion. He unsuccessfully appealed that conviction.
The Ontario Court of Appeal ruling in 2010 said Mann had racked up 22 previous convictions by the age of 25, including violent offences involving firearms and robberies.
The ruling said a pre-sentence report on Mann was "very bleak," and that he once described stabbing a female victim as "like a knife going through butter."
The report said Mann was "not suitable for community supervision, as he appears to be an unmanageable risk while in the community."
In December 2014, Mann was convicted of assault after spitting on two employees of the Atlantic Institution in Renous, N.B., where he was incarcerated.
Online court records in B.C. show Mann also has a long criminal history in the province.
In 2021, he was found guilty of publication of an intimate image without consent, an offence that occurred in Abbotsford.
In March this year, Mann was found guilty of possessing a weapon for dangerous purpose, and wilfully resisting or obstructing a peace office. He was then found guilty of breaching a probation order on June 5.
Eby had previously said Mann's release had raised questions because he was facing criminal charges and Crown prosecutors had urged a judge not to release him back into the community.
A statement from B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma on June 28 said the government would look at what happened and push Ottawa to "ensure the federal Criminal Code is responsive to public safety needs."
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 22, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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