SHARE ON: |
| |
| |
 |
 |
|
|
Saskatchewan Indigenous leaders have called for the Catholic Church and Pope Francis to take responsibility for the wrongs committed to generations who attended residential schools.
On Sunday, Federations of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Chief Bobby Cameron said he encourages all residential school survivors and their families to write and request the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, the Government of Canada, the RCMP and all other institutions involved with residential schools to preserve and release all records of residential schools.
“So that truth and healing can happen for all, and the United Nations can conduct an investigation into the genocide and ongoing systemic racism against all First Nations people in Canada,” Cameron said in a news release.
“Survivors and their families deserve an apology for the wrongs committed against them during decades of abuse at federally and church-run residential schools.”
Earlier this week the Archdiocese of Regina issued an apology for its role in residential schools and committed to fulfilling its “moral obligation” by supporting Indigenous communities as they work to search the sites of former schools.
“We are profoundly sorry for the hurt that actions and decisions of our church in the past have caused to Indigenous Peoples and in ways that we presently re-traumatize by our actions and inactions,” Donald Bolen, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Regina said in the statement. “We have heard and acknowledged that apologies are not an endpoint but a starting point, and are learning how to walk in solidarity.”
On May 28, the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Since, then, there have been calls by First Nations leaders, human rights advocates, and opposition politicians for accountability and support from all levels of government as well as cooperation by the Catholic Church to find answers.
The RCMP have opened an investigation into the site of the former residential school.
On Sunday Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said he’s confident the Catholic Church will follow court processes should sensitive records about the residential school system in Canada be subpoenaed.
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
6 am |
| 1 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SW 6 KM/H
GUSTING TO 10 KM/H |
|
|
|
7 am |
| 1 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SSW 5 KM/H
GUSTING TO 9 KM/H |
|
|
 |
8 am |
| 1 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SSW 7 KM/H
GUSTING TO 12 KM/H |
|
|
|
9 am |
| 2 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SSW 10 KM/H
GUSTING TO 18 KM/H |
|
|
|
10 am |
| 3 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
WIND: SSW 10 KM/H
GUSTING TO 20 KM/H |
|
|
 |
11 am |
| 5 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: SW 11 KM/H
GUSTING TO 24 KM/H |
|
|
 |
12 pm |
| 7 ℃ |
| FEW CLOUDS |
WIND: WSW 12 KM/H
GUSTING TO 27 KM/H |
|
|
 |
1 pm |
| 8 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
WIND: WSW 12 KM/H
GUSTING TO 28 KM/H |
|
|
|
|
TODAY |
HIGH OF 9 ℃
LOW OF 1 ℃ |
| FEW CLOUDS |
|
|
|
WEDNESDAY |
HIGH OF 12 ℃
LOW OF -2 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
|
THURSDAY |
HIGH OF 8 ℃
LOW OF 1 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
|
|
|
FRIDAY |
HIGH OF 13 ℃
LOW OF -1 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
|
SATURDAY |
HIGH OF 20 ℃
LOW OF 5 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
|
|
|
SUNDAY |
HIGH OF 13 ℃
LOW OF 5 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
|
MONDAY |
HIGH OF 18 ℃
LOW OF 7 ℃ |
| SCATTERED CLOUDS |
|
|
|
TUESDAY |
HIGH OF 16 ℃
LOW OF 10 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
THE PLAGUE
WHAT ELSE CAN I DO
06:09 AM |
|
 |
SEVENDUST
LOVE
06:05 AM |
|
 |
HOLLOW SKIES
DOWNFALL
06:02 AM |
|
 |
P O D
BREAKING
05:55 AM |
|
 |
GUNS N ROSES
PARADISE CITY
05:48 AM |
|
 |
DEFENCES
SHADOWLIGHT
05:42 AM |
|
 |
WE ARE THE EMPTY
WHY DO I BLEED THIS WAY
05:38 AM |
|
 |
LANDMVRKS
DEAD INSIDE
05:34 AM |
|
 |
INDECENT BEHAVIOR
CHAOS
05:31 AM |
|
 |
LENA SCISSORHANDS
BELIEVE
05:29 AM |
|
 
 |
