Tag: Kamloops residential school
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Spare Sir John Macdonald’s statues, says federal minister after Kamloops discovery
Indigenous services minister Marc Miller speaks after the Sir John Macdonald statue removed by Charlottetown city council The Canadian Bazaar TORONTO: With the Charlottetown city council voting to remove a statue of first prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald amid rising anger over the discovery of remains of 215 native kids in Kamloops on May…
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It was genocide: Jagmeet Singh on residential schools
The Canadian Bazaar TORONTO: As Canadians fear discovery of more graves of indigenous children after the remains of 215 kids were found from the grounds of a former native school, the UN has called for an “exhaustive investigation” into the tragedy. “Remains should be identified and forensic studies carried out to ensure proper identification of remains.…