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Since May 2021 at least 33 Canadian churches have burned to the ground. Only two fires were ruled accidental by police. Investigators say many were deliberately set while others were deemed suspicious. Some suggest Canada's colonial history and recent discoveries of potential burial sites at former residential schools may have lit the fuse.
The St. Jean Baptiste Parish stood in Morinville, Alta., for over a hundred years but collapsed on Wednesday, destroyed in what RCMP said was a suspicious fire.
The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says he understands the rage, frustration and pain brought on by the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential schools, but funnelling that anguish into burning down churches will not bring justice.