The Cascade
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As Canada Day approaches this year, the problems with this holiday have been brought to mainstream attention. This is mostly due to the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops Residential School in May and the discovery of an estimated 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan later in June. With the residential school system being the work of the federal government and many churches, it seems incredibly inappropriate to shoot off fireworks in celebration of a country that is founded on stolen land and genocide. Meanwhile, Indigenous communities mourn the discovery of the remains of hundreds of their own and still fight for justice and reconciliation.
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