KITCHENER Residents of Brantford paid tribute to the 215 Indigenous children found in B.C. by placing 215 pairs of moccasins at the steps of a former residential school in the city. The event took place outside the former Mohawk Institute Residential School on Sunday. The school was operated under the government of Canada from 1885 until 1970. Organizers held a moment of silence beginning at 2:15 p.m. for the 215 children found buried at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. “Yesterday there was a lot of grief, and I know a lot of people, probably all of our people, felt that collective grief, and it just hurt,” said organizer Charlene Hemlock. “Part of this too was our call for accountability and justice for our missing and murdered children.”
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OTTAWA, May 30 (Xinhua) The Canadian government lowered flags at half-mast on Sunday to commemorate the deaths of 215 Indigenous children whose remains were found in a former residential school in Kamloops city in the country.