Further details expected about unmarked graves discovery by English River First Nation

More details are expected to be revealed on Tuesday about a heart-wrenching discovery by English River First Nation, the latest to use ground-penetrating radar to continue uncovering the horrific legacy of residential schools in Canada…

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Special interlocutor hopeful new Justice Minister will act to address residential school denialism

Kimberly Murray, the independent special interlocutor on missing children, unmarked graves and burial sites associated with residential schools, says she has met with Canada’s new Justice Minister and hopes he will move to address “denialism.”…

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Manitoba First Nation considers further excavations after church dig for unmarked graves

A Manitoba First Nation is weighing next steps in its search of a former residential school site after no human remains were found during the excavation of a Catholic church basement.  Minegoziibe Anishinabe, also known as Pine Creek First Nation, excavated 14 anomalies found in the basement of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Catholic Church, […]

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Dogs flown in to search for unmarked graves in Cree territory

After George E. Pachano left residential school, he swore he would never return. But decades later, the 62-year-old, who was forced to spend four years of his childhood at St. Philip’s Indian Residential School (Anglican) of Fort George Island, is now helping co-ordinate the search for unmarked graves in the Cree Nation of Chisasibi….

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