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Students of the Metlakatla Indian Residential School in British Columbia. Photograph courtesy of William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

June 28, 2021

OTTAWA—Kamloops. Brandon. St. Anne’s. Marieval. And the list grows. The numbers are devastating, but they should not be news. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission gathered data on at least 4,000 to 6,000 children who did not return from the government-funded, church-run institutions. That nu...

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