OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s acceptance of an inquiry’s finding that Canada committed genocide against Indigenous people could have tremendous legal impact if a court ever weighs Ottawa’s responsibility for crimes against humanity, experts say. Amid growing outrage and grief over an unmarked burial site at a residential school in British Columbia, Trudeau reiterated […]
HALIFAX Nova Scotia s Sipekne katik First Nation says it will begin an investigation this weekend of the former Shubenacadie Indian Residential school site grounds. In a news release, Chief Mike Sack says the work has been top of mind for many years, and the recent discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 Indigenous children at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., has brought a renewed sense of urgency. The work will be carried out by Jonathan Fowler, an associate professor with Saint Mary s University, and a leading researcher in archeological geophysics and remote sensing. The band says Fowler will focus his investigation on the former school grounds to determine if there is any burial evidence on site by using several techniques including ground-penetrating radar.