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Brandon Sun By: Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press Posted: Last Modified: 2:42 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 15, 2021 Save to Read Later VICTORIA - A "horrible building" feared for its past as a residential school in the remote British Columbia community of Lower Post will be demolished and replaced by a cultural centre bound to become a joyful gathering place for the generations, a local lead...

Former B.C. Residential School to be Demolished and Replaced – April 15, 2021 At a virtual press conference, British Columbia Premier John Horgan and federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller announce the demolition and replacement of a former residential school in the community of Lower Post. A cultural centre will be constructed with $13.5 million in funding from the federal and B.C governments as well as from the Daylu Dena Council. This announcement comes after years of lobbying fr...

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 Indigenous leaders. The federal and B.C. governments say construction on a new $13.5 buildin...

Dirk Meissner 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 Indigenous leaders. The federal and B.C. governments say construct...

Residential school building in 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...

Residential school building at Lower Post, B.C., to be demolished, replaced by The Canadian Press Last Updated Apr 15, 2021 at 1:14 pm EDT VICTORIA — A former residential school building in the remote British Columbia community of Lower Post will be demolished and replaced after decades of lobbying efforts by local Indigenous leaders. The federal and B.C. governments say construction on a new, $13.5-million project is set to start in June and expected to be complete by next year. B.C. Premier...

Residential school building in northern B.C. to be replaced with new community centre The former Roman Catholic-run residential school was the site of physical and sexual abuse and a trigger for many painful memories among local First Nations. Social Sharing Former Roman Catholic school in Lower Post, which operated 1951-1975, has been painful reminder of a dark past Posted: Apr 15, 2021 12:16 PM PT | Last Updated: April 15 Demolition of the last building of the former Lower Post residential ...

BC Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Murray Rankin in a conference Thursday. (Province of BC, Youtube) LOWER POST, B.C. – Removal of a building in Lower Post, British Columbia, will be a “turning point” in First Nations communities’ healing process. On Thursday, B.C Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Murray Rankin announced a partnership with local First Nation communities to demolish the last remaining building from the residential school era and repl...

Share this article Share this article LOWER POST, KASKA DENA ANCESTRAL TERRITORY, BC, April 15, 2021 /CNW/ - Together, Canada, British Columbia and Indigenous peoples are working in partnership to deliver infrastructure projects that meet the interests and needs of Indigenous communities and help advance reconciliation for the benefit of current and future generations of all people in Canada. Today, funding to build a new multi-purpose community building in the Kaska Dena community of Lower Po...

Lower Post sits just below B.C.’s northern boundary with the Yukon, on the banks of the Liard River. It is home to Daylu Dena Council and approximately 300 people, according to the council’s website. The nation’s traditional territory extends between B.C., the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Indigenous children from throughout the region were brought to the school, which remained as an administrative building until it was damaged by water two years ago. “This torch has been the tor...