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Residential school building at Lower Post, B.C., to be demolished, replaced by The Canadian Press Last Updated Apr 15, 2021 at 1:14 pm EDT VICTORIA — A former residential school building in the remote British Columbia community of Lower Post will be demolished and replaced after decades of lobbying efforts by local Indigenous leaders. The federal and B.C. governments say construction on a new, $13.5-million project is set to start in June and expected to be complete by next year. B.C. Premier John Horgan, federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller and area Indigenous leaders, includin...

Residential school building in northern B.C. to be replaced with new community centre The former Roman Catholic-run residential school was the site of physical and sexual abuse and a trigger for many painful memories among local First Nations. Social Sharing Former Roman Catholic school in Lower Post, which operated 1951-1975, has been painful reminder of a dark past Posted: Apr 15, 2021 12:16 PM PT | Last Updated: April 15 Demolition of the last building of the former Lower Post residential school has already begun.(B.C. Government) After decades of lobbying by local Indigenous leaders, a�...

BC Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Murray Rankin in a conference Thursday. (Province of BC, Youtube) LOWER POST, B.C. – Removal of a building in Lower Post, British Columbia, will be a “turning point” in First Nations communities’ healing process. On Thursday, B.C Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Murray Rankin announced a partnership with local First Nation communities to demolish the last remaining building from the residential school era and replace it with a multi-purpose cultural centre. Deputy Chief Harlan Schilling of Daylu Dena Council say...

Share this article Share this article LOWER POST, KASKA DENA ANCESTRAL TERRITORY, BC, April 15, 2021 /CNW/ - Together, Canada, British Columbia and Indigenous peoples are working in partnership to deliver infrastructure projects that meet the interests and needs of Indigenous communities and help advance reconciliation for the benefit of current and future generations of all people in Canada. Today, funding to build a new multi-purpose community building in the Kaska Dena community of Lower Post and to demolish the former residential school building was announced during a virtual event atten...

Lower Post sits just below B.C.’s northern boundary with the Yukon, on the banks of the Liard River. It is home to Daylu Dena Council and approximately 300 people, according to the council’s website. The nation’s traditional territory extends between B.C., the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Indigenous children from throughout the region were brought to the school, which remained as an administrative building until it was damaged by water two years ago. “This torch has been the torch that’s been passed off from leader to leader, to get rid of and finally remove this horrible bu...