The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous residential school.

Reuters reported that the children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978.

The remains were found with the help of a ground-penetrating radar specialist, according to the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation.

More bodies may be found because there are more areas to search on the school grounds, she told Reuters.

“We know that through (The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada) how many missing children there are, and we know that there is still a lot of work, and we do know that many other first Nations who have had residential schools within their communities want to use new technology to be able to find their lost loved ones as well.”

A 2015 report established that there was harsh mistreatment inflicted on Indigenous children at the institutions.

It said at least 3,200 children had died amid abuse and neglect, and it said it had reports of at least 51 deaths at the Kamloops school alone between 1915 and 1963.


The main administrative building at the Kamloops Indian Residential School is seen in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada circa 1970. Library and Archives Canada/Handout via REUTERS

The investigation, according to Reuters documented horrific physical abuse, rape, malnutrition and other atrocities suffered by many of the 150,000 children who attended the schools, typically run by Christian churches on behalf of Ottawa from the 1840s to the 1990s.

“It found more than 4,100 children died while attending residential school. The deaths of the 215 children buried in the grounds of what was once Canada’s largest residential school are believed to not have been included in that figure and appear to have been undocumented until the discovery.”

The Kamloops school operated between 1890 and 1969 when the federal government took over operations from the Catholic Church and operated it as a day school until it closed in 1978.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the discovery as heartbreaking on Friday.

“The news that remains were found at the former Kamloops residential school breaks my heart,” he wrote on Twitter. “It is a painful reminder of that dark and shameful chapter of our country’s history. I am thinking about everyone affected by this distressing news. We are here for you.”

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/464613-bodies-of-215-children-found-at-indigenous-school-site-in-canada.html

Man's government has failed.

Dark old days... And till now, the new days are not in any way better.

Wickedness every where

Even almighty Canada is not infallible

Damn, Buhari's body odour is at fault for this

milann:
The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous residential school.

Reuters reported that the children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978.

The remains were found with the help of a ground-penetrating radar specialist, according to the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation.

More bodies may be found because there are more areas to search on the school grounds, she told Reuters.

“We know that through (The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada) how many missing children there are, and we know that there is still a lot of work, and we do know that many other first Nations who have had residential schools within their communities want to use new technology to be able to find their lost loved ones as well.”

A 2015 report established that there was harsh mistreatment inflicted on Indigenous children at the institutions.

It said at least 3,200 children had died amid abuse and neglect, and it said it had reports of at least 51 deaths at the Kamloops school alone between 1915 and 1963.


The main administrative building at the Kamloops Indian Residential School is seen in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada circa 1970. Library and Archives Canada/Handout via REUTERS

The investigation, according to Reuters documented horrific physical abuse, rape, malnutrition and other atrocities suffered by many of the 150,000 children who attended the schools, typically run by Christian churches on behalf of Ottawa from the 1840s to the 1990s.

“It found more than 4,100 children died while attending residential school. The deaths of the 215 children buried in the grounds of what was once Canada’s largest residential school are believed to not have been included in that figure and appear to have been undocumented until the discovery.”

The Kamloops school operated between 1890 and 1969 when the federal government took over operations from the Catholic Church and operated it as a day school until it closed in 1978.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described the discovery as heartbreaking on Friday.

“The news that remains were found at the former Kamloops residential school breaks my heart,” he wrote on Twitter. “It is a painful reminder of that dark and shameful chapter of our country’s history. I am thinking about everyone affected by this distressing news. We are here for you.”

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/464613-bodies-of-215-children-found-at-indigenous-school-site-in-canada.html

Kamloops is in British Columbia. It's called "British" because that province was colonized by England. So we can say English colonizers carried out the murders just as they did in Kenya

Sad old news

Man is wicked. lalasticlala

Only a tiny pint in the ocean of crimes done by westerners nd the Church!!

Read your history folks nd stop being a slave to the black box...

SimplyShit:
Even almighty Canada is not infallible

evil is ubitiquous

Can man enter heaven with all this atrocities??

This isn't news. The residential school problem in the US, Canada, and Australia is well documented.

There was also a British child migrant program where white orphans were sent to former colonies and they endured conditions similar to the native residential schools.

I'm not dismissing their hardship, but if they're getting reparations and the truth continues to be out there, there's little else that can be done. They should continue fighting for their nations, people, and fair share.