SHARE ON: |
| |
| |
 |
 |
|
|
Former Truth and Reconciliation Commission chair Murray Sinclair said that he’s been told the RCMP have declared an investigation into the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., a week after the remains of 215 children were discovered there.
Sinclair, a former Senator and judge, made the comment during a House of Commons committee hearing on Thursday and criticized the RCMP’s early tactics in the investigation as a “typical heavy-handed” approach.
“I understand in British Columbia -- I got a call earlier this morning in fact -- that the RCMP now have declared that there’s a major investigation that’s going to occur into the bodies that have been located in Kamloops,” Sinclair said during the hearing.
“They’re now beginning to question those who have made this story available and unfortunately, (in a) typical heavy handed and ham-handed police way, they are simply intimidating people, rather than helping them.”
The RCMP have not yet responded to a question for comment on the matter.
Last week, Tk’emlúps te Secwe769;pemc First Nation in Kamloops announced that it had found the remains of 215 children at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, which operated between 1890 and 1978, housing as many as 500 children at its peak.
In the days following the discovery, Indigenous leaders, politicians and residential school survivors called on the federal government to investigate the locales of other former schools for similar unmarked graves.
On Wednesday, the federal government announced that 27 million of already announced funding is now available to help First Nations communities locate and memorialize children who died in the residential school system.
On Thursday, Murray also called for an independent investigation into the Kamloops burial site, as well as other burial sites that may exist at other residential schools in Canada.
“In order for us to deal with this properly, we need to ensure that there is an independent study that is done into that question of those burial sites, where they are and what the numbers are going to tell us,” he said.
If you are a former residential school student in distress, or have been affected by the residential school system and need help, you can contact the 24-hour Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line: 1-866-925-4419
Additional mental-health support and resources for Indigenous people are available here.
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
2 am |
| -6 ℃ |
| FEW CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 14 KM/H
GUSTING TO 22 KM/H |
|
|
 |
3 am |
| -6 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 13 KM/H
GUSTING TO 21 KM/H |
|
|
|
4 am |
| -5 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 14 KM/H
GUSTING TO 26 KM/H |
|
|
 |
5 am |
| -4 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 14 KM/H
GUSTING TO 23 KM/H |
|
|
|
6 am |
| -3 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 14 KM/H
GUSTING TO 25 KM/H |
|
|
|
7 am |
| -2 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 16 KM/H
GUSTING TO 28 KM/H |
|
|
|
8 am |
| -1 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 15 KM/H
GUSTING TO 27 KM/H |
|
|
 |
9 am |
| -1 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 15 KM/H
GUSTING TO 26 KM/H |
|
|
|
|
TODAY |
HIGH OF 6 ℃
LOW OF -6 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
 |
SATURDAY |
HIGH OF 6 ℃
LOW OF 0 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
|
|
|
SUNDAY |
HIGH OF 7 ℃
LOW OF 1 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
 |
MONDAY |
HIGH OF 9 ℃
LOW OF 2 ℃ |
| RAIN AND SNOW |
|
|
|
TUESDAY |
HIGH OF 2 ℃
LOW OF -7 ℃ |
| SNOW |
|
|
|
WEDNESDAY |
HIGH OF -9 ℃
LOW OF -19 ℃ |
| LIGHT SNOW |
|
|
|
THURSDAY |
HIGH OF -15 ℃
LOW OF -23 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
|
FRIDAY |
HIGH OF -8 ℃
LOW OF -18 ℃ |
| LIGHT SNOW |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
| Dr Ho’s Black Friday Sale – Big Savings on Health & Wellness! |
| |
| Take care of your health this Black Friday! Save on Dr Ho’s pain relief, fitness, and wellness products—limited-time offers you don’t want to miss. |
| |
| Black Friday deals won’t last—shop Dr Ho’s now! |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
 |
 |
JANES ADDICTION
BEEN CAUGHT STEALING
02:19 AM |
|
 |
NONPOINT
DIVIDED CONQUER THEM
02:13 AM |
|
 |
METALLICA
SPIT OUT THE BONE
02:08 AM |
|
 |
LESS THAN HOLLOW
UNBROKEN
02:04 AM |
|
 |
NOISECIDE
RUNNIN RED LIGHTS
02:01 AM |
|
 |
SKILLET
UNPOPULAR
01:58 AM |
|
 |
BLACKTOOTHED
CARRIED AWAY
01:55 AM |
|
 |
NOTHING MORE
FREEFALL
01:51 AM |
|
 |
DAYS OF THE NEW
TOUCH PEEL AND STAND
01:46 AM |
|
 |
DELAIN
DANCE WITH THE DEVIL
01:40 AM |
|
 
 |
