‘Finding these grave sites is urgent work as many families continue to mourn the loss of their missing children and seek information about their fates.’
Racism key barrier to getting help in Indigenous overdose crisis in B.C.: authority
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A man draws an unknown illicit substance into a syringe before injecting it into his arm during a rally and march to mark the five-year anniversary of British Columbia declaring a public health emergency in the overdose crisis, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. The First Nations Health Authority is releasing data later today on drug toxicity deaths and their affect on Indigenous communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s First Nations Health Authority says Indigenous people accounted for nearly 15 per cent of all toxic drug deaths last year although they represent 3.3 per cent of the province’s total population.
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B.C. premier horrified at discovery of remains at Kamloops residential school site
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated May 28, 2021 at 1:58 pm EDT
KAMLOOPS, B.C. British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he is “horrified and heartbroken” to learn of the discovery of a burial site with 215 children on the Kamloops Indian Residential School.
The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation says new ground-penetrating technology was able to show the remains of the children, whose deaths are believed to be undocumented but are known within the community.
Horgan says the discovery is a tragedy of “unimaginable proportions” and highlights the violence and consequences of the residential school system.