‘We are sorry’: Newfoundland and Labrador makes first apology for residential schools

September 30, 2023

Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier delivered a solemn apology Friday to residential school survivors in southern Labrador, nearly six years after it was first promised. Andrew Furey’s apology to the NunatuKavut Community Council in a small gymnasium in Cartwright, N.L., was met with a standing ovation from…