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CFNR Network Jun 30, 2021 | 5:09 PM Premier John Horgan, announcing the funding for the new community centre in Lower Post. Source: Province of B.C. June 30 th marked an important day for the survivors of a former residential school in Lower Post.  46 years to the day after the school closed in 1975, the Daylu Dena Council held an important gathering where Survivors shared their experiences as they watched a ceremonial demolition of the school, removing a constant reminder of a painful past. ...

In a news release, the province says the funding will help First Nations identify, investigate, document, maintain, protect or commemorate residential school sites where childrens remains may be located. It says the province, the federal government and B.C.s First Nations Health Authority are working with a number of nations that have requested assistance in determining the next steps for removing structures and searching other sites. It says those nations include the Tkemlúps te Secwépemc, w...

A moment of silence was observed in B.C.’s legislature on Monday in honour of the 215 children discovered buried on the grounds of a Kamloops residential school. B.C. Premier John Horgan rose . . .

The recent discovery of the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site in B.C. has some Yukoners calling for searches to be done at other sites across Canada.

Grief and outrage at the discovery of 215 graves of residential school children. To help understand the dark context, 12 readings.

‘Finding these grave sites is urgent work as many families continue to mourn the loss of their missing children and seek information about their fates.’

COVID-19 vaccination clinics for Yukon youth begin in 2 weeks COVID-19 vaccination clinics for Yukon youth aged 12 to 17 will begin at the end of the month. The territorial government has secured a supply of Pfizer vaccine doses for youth. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: May 18, 2021 5:15 PM CT | Last Updated: May 18 The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been approved for use on anyone aged 12 and up, Health Canada said earlier this month.(Getty Images)

CFNR Network Apr 15, 2021 4:19 PM Premier John Horgan, announcing the funding for the new community centre in Lower Post. Source: Province of B.C. The Lower Post Residential School was once used as a post office and band office, and will be torn down and replaced by a multi-use building. The project will cost $13.5-million in funding, the bulk of which is coming from the federal government. The provincial government, as well as the Daylu Dena Council, is also contributing funding. Premier Joh...

  Years of lobbying by Indigenous leaders in northern B.C. have paid off -- the federal and provincial governments say the former residential school building in Lower Post will be demolished. A $13.5-million development will replace the old school, with construction slated to start in June and be complete by next year. Premier John Horgan says he was moved to advocate for the demolition after some area residents told him they feared stepping inside because of the physical and sexual abuse t...

Residential school building at Lower Post, B.C., to be demolished, replaced Poll Yes British Columbia Premier John Horgan (centre, blue jacket) is drummed into the Lower Post Residential School by Kaska drummers in Lower Post, B.C. on Orange Shirt Day in a 2019 handout photo. A former residential school building known as a place of pain and fear for residents of the remote British Columbia community of Lower Post will be demolished and replaced after decades of lobbying efforts by local Indigen...