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Fort Calgary could soon host permanent memorial to residential school survivorsOn May 31, 2021, children's shoes and stuffed animals began appearing on the steps in front of Calgary's municipal plaza as a makeshift memorial to residential school victims.FeaturesMay 31
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Tokens taken from Vancouver residential schools memorial, right before scheduled removalThe memorial was scheduled for removal Friday afternoon in alignment with the cultural protocols of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ Nations.CanadaMay 19
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Trudeau faces chants, pounding drums as he walks through crowd at Kamloops memorialOne year ago, the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced that the graves were detected at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.PoliticsMay 23, 2022
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Trudeau says Tofino vacation was a ‘mistake’Justin Trudeau had received at least two invitations to spend the day with residential school survivors and their families, but the prime minister vacationed in Tofino instead.CanadaOct 6, 2021
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More unmarked graves likely to be discovered at former Kamloops, B.C., residential school: reportDr. Sarah Beaulieu, a ground-penetrating radar specialist who was part of the investigation, said there is much more work to be done.CanadaJul 14, 2021
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Canada Day arrives as country reels from residential school discoveriesGroups, organizations and municipalities who have decided against holding special events today after hundreds of unmarked graves were found at residential school sites.CanadaJul 1, 2021
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O’Toole speculates he’s the ‘only’ leader who is proud of Canada amid calls to cancel Canada Day'There is so much to celebrate in our country that we have to be proud to be Canadian,' O’Toole said in an interview with 'The West Block' host Mercedes Stephenson.CanadaJun 27, 2021
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U.S. to investigate Indigenous boarding school burial sites after Canada’s discoveryOfficials said the investigation is inspired by the discovery of 215 unmarked children graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in B.C.WorldJun 22, 2021
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Siksika grandmother opens up about son’s death and healing from intergenerational traumaA southern Alberta woman is sharing her devastating story in the hopes it will help other survivors of residential schools.CanadaJun 21, 2021
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Riverview East School hangs 215 pairs of shoes to honour residential school studentsStudents at Riverview East School place 215 pairs of shoes to honour of the lives of Indigenous children who died while in a residential school in Kamloops, B.C.CanadaJun 18, 2021
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