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Read More »In times of drought, why are residential consumers ‘targeted’ with conservation measures?
As the worst drought in decades dragged on through the summer of 2025, some Nova Scotians who use municipal water supplies were asked and then ordered to stop watering lawns, washing cars and filling pools in the name of easing the strain on dwindling water sources. The conservation measures were …
Read More »AFN calls for residential school denialism to be classified hate speech
The Assembly of First Nations is calling for Canada to criminalize residential school denialism, while an unsanctioned OneBC event at the University of Victoria sparked backlash. News Source link
Read More »Agnes Benn’s death and the hidden history of Birtle residential school’s predatory principal
WARNING: This story contains details of sexual abuse and experiences at residential schools. The night was mild and the March moon bright when Agnes Benn fled the Birtle Indian Residential School through the playroom window, a few weeks after she told a friend that the principal, Henry Currie, put his hand …
Read More »Film on legacy of residential schools in Canada nominated for best documentary at 2025 Oscars
Williams Lake First Nation Chief Willie Sellars cried — for the first time in a while — tears of joy on Thursday morning when this year’s Oscar nominees were announced. “I shouted tears of joy, and then I cried tears of joy,” he told CBC’s Daybreak Kamloops host Shelley Joyce. Sellars …
Read More »Residential school survivors’ group on verge of shutdown amid lack of funding from Ottawa
A residential school survivors’ group on the verge shutdown due to a lack of funding is accusing the federal government of breaking promises and lying to survivors about Canada’s commitment to uncovering the truth. The Survivors’ Secretariat, which is conducting an investigation into missing children and unmarked burials associated with the …
Read More »Demand growing for cadaver dogs to assist in searches at former residential schools
WARNING: This story contains details of deaths at residential schools. As First Nations communities continue to hone in on possible unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools, some are now using human remains detection dogs to assist in that effort. Since 2021, when the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation first announced ground-penetrating …
Read More »PC candidate compares N.B.’s original 2SLGBTQ+ policy to Indigenous residential schools
A Progressive Conservative candidate for a seat in the New Brunswick Legislature is facing calls she withdraw from the campaign after she compared protections for 2SLGTBQ+ students to the systematic taking of Indigenous children from their parents to place them in residential schools. Sherry Wilson said the federal system of …
Read More »Winnipeg MP introduces bill to criminalize residential school denialism – Winnipeg
An NDP MP has introduced a bill that would criminalize residential school denialism, saying it would help stop harm caused toward survivors, their families and communities. The chances the bill actually will be debated and pass into law are slim without it being adopted as a government bill by the …
Read More »Unmarked burials indicated at former residential school site near The Pas
There are indications of unmarked graves at a former residential school site in Opaskwayak Cree Nation near The Pas. News Source link
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