New advisory committee to transfer millions of unreleased residential school documents announced

The Trudeau government announced a new committee Wednesday that is tasked with identifying millions of unreleased residential school documents. “That’s the importance of our work here for the last two days is a plan to transition around 19 million documents outside government to an institution that will support and in this case…

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Saskatchewan refuses to negotiate a deal over Ile-a-la Crosse residential school settlement say feds

The federal government says it’s willing to sit and negotiate a settlement with survivors of the Ile-a-la-Crosse residential school but it needs the province of Saskatchewan at the table to make a deal happen. “The Government of Canada is willing to step up to the plate and settle its portion of the liability with survivors […]

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Interlocutor on unmarked graves ‘very concerned’ by feds’ $2M deal with international organization

Kimberly Murray says she’s “very concerned” Canada’s $2-million technical agreement with the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) lacks transparency and places the commission under the influence of bureaucrats at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)…

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B.C. will formally recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation will be enshrined in B.C. law to honour the strength and resilience of residential school survivors and remember the children who never came home. This new provincial statutory day of commemoration responds to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action No. 80…

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