Lyle Keewatin Richards, the child of a residential school survivor, is part of a group trying to preserve an unmarked cemetery near the former Red Deer Industrial School in Alberta. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
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In 1907, 40% of students at Red Deer Industrial School were estimated to have died as a result of the experience.
Other sites with unmarked graves include Muscowequan Indian Residential School, Saskatchewan; The Mohawk Institute Residential School, Brantford, Ont.; Brandon, Man. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
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Exceedingly high levels of malnutrition, disease and abuse drove the death rate.
Many children were buried in unmarked mass graves, as school officials claimed sending bodies back was too expensive. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
Efforts to search burial grounds, as was done in Kamloops, are hampered by resources, a lack of political will and, in some cases, private landowners now reluctant to have their property searched. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
“Go to all of the schools and do the surveys and find everything you can, because then we can do the ceremonies and then we can do what needs to be done for these children,” Richards said. “We need to walk away from these graves and heal.” thestar.com/news/canada/20…
National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on the federal government to work with the provinces and First Nations to do the research and find the rest of the unmarked graves. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
If you or someone you know needs someone to talk to, you can contact the Indian Residential School Survivors Society for counselling support available at 1-800-721-0066, or a national 24/7 Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419.
‘There’s another Kamloops coming’: Here are some Canadian sites believed to hold more unmarked graves of Indigenous children thestar.com/news/canada/20…
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Behind Ontario's rapidly falling daily case counts lies a concerning pattern that suggests a new, more transmissible variant of COVID-19 is poised to take over from the one that fuelled the province’s third wave, experts say.
Now, as we see a decline in B.1.1.7, “what’s filling the void is probably all B.1.617,” @BogochIsaac said. “It’s here. It’s spreading. It’s important to recognize and it just means that we’ve got to hustle on getting second doses of vaccines out.”
NEW from @alex_mckeen and @alex_n_boyd: The mass grave of 215 children in Kamloops, B.C., was brought to light through a technology called ground-penetrating radar, a tool some hope has the potential to uncover other burial sites across the country. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
While the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation has not disclosed who did the work that found the 215 children, there are a handful of experts in the country using this technology to find gravesites.
The process of finding unmarked graves can be profound — and certain First Nations communities across Canada are calling for funds for such searches on a wider scale. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
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Those who got first doses of either mRNA vaccine — from Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech — may also receive either company’s vaccine as a second dose.
The option to stick with the same vaccine for first and second shots will remain. thestar.com/politics/feder…
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The board of directors approved $20 million in awards, but has only distributed half.
The payout comes after a disastrous fiscal year for the company that culminated in a major bailout package from the federal government. thestar.com/business/2021/…
While sources close to the premier said Ford wanted children back in classrooms for the first time since mid-April, public health officials have warned him that can only occur if the broader opening of the economy is delayed. thestar.com/politics/provi…
On Monday night, the cabinet’s policy and priorities committee recommended keeping students learning online from home because the school year ends in a few weeks.
“This way we can still save summer sports and summer camps for kids,” the insider said. thestar.com/politics/provi…
Toronto’s rising wave of vaccinations has some age groups nearing 80 per cent with at least one dose, as COVID-19 vaccine shipments are set to jump again. torstar.co/Yuqc50EZvXW
The city released new data Monday as Torontonians aged 80 and older started to book second-dose appointments at city clinics. thestar.com/news/city_hall…
Experts say recent first-dose success needs to quickly lead to full-vaccination saturation to protect Ontarians from new virus variants and end the pandemic. thestar.com/news/city_hall…