All across Canada, people have gathered to mourn and remember after preliminary findings from a survey of the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School revealed the unmarked burial sites of children's remains.
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Becky Michelin, who lives in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, in Labrador, lost both her parents in a murder-suicide in 1993. Now she s outspoken about finding solutions to domestic violence.(Submitted by Becky Michelin)
Becky Michelin was just shy of four years old when both her parents were killed in a 1993 murder-suicide in Rigolet, a small community in coastal Labrador.
She and her three siblings were left behind, and through it all, she has stayed strong, although she says it has not been an easy road. It kind of had a snowball effect. And you can certainly see how it goes intergenerationally through families, she said.
It hit close to home : Labrador memorials grieve for Kamloops residential school victims
Nearly 100 people gathered in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Monday to remember the lives lost in B.C., as an elder in Nain begins organizing for a memorial in her community.
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Dozens of people turned out, with only a few hours notice, in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Monday to mourn after the remains of hundreds of children were found at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.(Regan Burden/CBC)
N.L. flags lowered in memory of B.C. residential school victims
Labrador MHA Lela Evans says she wasn t shocked by the discovery of the remains of 215 children in Kamloops, B.C.
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The flags at Confederation Building are at half-mast, and will do so until Friday, in memory of the 215 children whose remains were found in Kamloops.(Andrew Furey/Twitter)
With flags lowered on buildings across Newfoundland and Labrador in memory of the 215 children whose remains were found at a residential school in British Columbia, one Labrador MHA says the scars of that school system continue to affect the lives of the Inuit in her district, and need to be addressed.