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Hundreds of residential school survivors are travelling to the Edmonton stop in the Canadian papal visit. Some want an apology, others want to see a commitment from the Catholic Church to support First Nation people in their healing journey.
The money is to be shared between Indigenous groups, including the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, the Manitoba Métis Federation and the Manitoba Inuit Association. The Progressive Conservative government says the search for children who died while attending residential schools must be Indigenous-led.
A year after the discovery of what are believed to be 215 unmarked graves at the former Kamloops residential school, ground searches are underway at many of Manitoba's 14 residential school sites.