People at Sipekne katik First Nation say education is the key, but they also want to see more than apologies from the governments after news that the remains of 215 children were found at a residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
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HALIFAX - A survivor of the largest residential school in the Maritimes says the search will continue for unmarked graves at the sprawling rural site north of Halifax.
Mi kmaq activist Dorene Bernard stands on the shores of the Shubenacadie River, a 72-kilometre tidal river that cuts through the middle of Nova Scotia and flows into the Bay of Fundy, in Fort Ellis, N.S. on July 31, 2018. Bernard, a survivor of the largest residential school in the Maritimes, says the search will continue for unmarked graves at the site of the former Shubenacadie Indian Residential school north of Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
HALIFAX A survivor of the largest residential school in the Maritimes says the search will continue for unmarked graves at the site north of Halifax. Dorene Bernard, a Mi’kmaq elder, confirmed today that ground-penetrating radar was used at the former Shubenacadie Indian Residential school in April and December of last year, but no graves […]