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CFNR Network Jun 30, 2021 | 5:09 PM Premier John Horgan, announcing the funding for the new community centre in Lower Post. Source: Province of B.C. June 30 th marked an important day for the survivors of a former residential school in Lower Post.  46 years to the day after the school closed in 1975, the Daylu Dena Council held an important gathering where Survivors shared their experiences as they watched a ceremonial demolition of the school, removing a constant reminder of a painful past.   The removal of this grievous memorial means the community can look toward the future construction...

In a news release, the province says the funding will help First Nations identify, investigate, document, maintain, protect or commemorate residential school sites where children's remains may be located. It says the province, the federal government and B.C.'s First Nations Health Authority are working with a number of nations that have requested assistance in determining the next steps for removing structures and searching other sites. It says those nations include the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc, whose leadership announced the finding in Kamloops last month, and the Daylu Dena Council in Lower...

A moment of silence was observed in B.C.’s legislature on Monday in honour of the 215 children discovered buried on the grounds of a Kamloops residential school. B.C. Premier John Horgan rose . . .

The recent discovery of the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School site in B.C. has some Yukoners calling for searches to be done at other sites across Canada.

Grief and outrage at the discovery of 215 graves of residential school children. To help understand the dark context, 12 readings.