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A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.

Family of man in residential school denied federal funds to repatriate remains because he died as an adult

September 9, 2024

Family of man in residential school denied federal funds to repatriate remains because he died as an adult | CBC News Loaded From there, he was sent to a number of hospitals, including a mental health institution formerly known as the Orillia Asylum for Idiots, without his parents’ knowledge or consent. In 1966, when he was 27, Percy died of tuberculosis and was buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Woodstock, Ont., more than 1,200 kilometres…

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