Kamloops Indian Residential School

• Global BC wins Webster Award for breaking news reporting

  Paul Johnson, Jim Helgason, Catherine Urquhart, Alex Sumner and Darren Twiss won the Best Breaking News - TV/Video award for their "Unmarked Graves Discovery" entry.

  News

  Nov 4
• Mixed emotions from B.C. chiefs after Trudeau’s ‘crucial’ visit to Kamloops

  Some were angered and others were filled with hope as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc in Kamloops, B.C. on Monday.

  Politics

  Oct 18
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• ‘Warriored up’ survivors speak truth to power at ceremony in Kamloops, B.C.

  Residential school survivors, intergenerational survivors and family spoke directly to the prime minister on his first visit to Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc since the spring.

  Canada

  Oct 18
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• First Nation chief calls for ‘peaceful resolution’ on Trudeau’s visit to Kamloops, B.C.

  The prime minister is visiting Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc for the first time since the harrowing discovery of unmarked graves at a former residential school in the spring.

  Canada

  Oct 18
• Canada needs to ‘lean in’: Message on truth and reconciliation from Kamloops, B.C.

  'It is time that we embrace our real collective history, recognizing the painful past shared for so many and that we all continue on that path for real change.'

  Canada

  Sep 30
• ‘I’m getting tired of watching my people falter’: B.C. residential school survivor reflects on life

  'I am getting tired; tired of treading water, tired of watching my people falter when we could be prosperous.'

  Canada

  Sep 28
• Residential school records must be released directly to First Nations: FSIN

  Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron says churches should release residential school records directly to First Nations.

  Canada

  Jul 19
• More details released about ground-penetrating radar used at former Kamloops residential school

  “There remain over 160 acres that still require surveying before these numbers can be finalized," archaeologist Sarah Beaulieu said.

  Canada

  Jul 15
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• B.C. First Nation calls for Kamloops Residential School attendance records to be released

  Some of the records are held in national archives while others are held by other government bodies. The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate also held some of the records.

  Canada

  Jul 15
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• More unmarked graves likely to be discovered at former Kamloops, B.C., residential school: report

  Dr. Sarah Beaulieu, a ground-penetrating radar specialist who was part of the investigation, said there is much more work to be done.

  Canada

  Jul 14