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Community members, joined by Six Nations Police, conduct a search for unmarked graves using ground-penetrating radar on the 500 acres of the lands associated with the former Indian Residential School, the Mohawk Institute, in Brantford, Ont., Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. Indigenous communities searching for unmarked graves have seen a rise in individuals denying the disappearances and deaths of Indigenous children in the residential school system, according to a new report from the federal government’s special interlocutor on unmarked graves. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn

How ground-penetrating radar is used to find unmarked graves at residential schools

The basic principle is that ground-penetrating radar sends an electromagnetic wave into the ground

Community members, joined by Six Nations Police, conduct a search for unmarked graves using ground-penetrating radar on the 500 acres of the lands associated with the former Indian Residential School, the Mohawk Institute, in Brantford, Ont., Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. Indigenous communities searching for unmarked graves have seen a rise in individuals denying the disappearances and deaths of Indigenous children in the residential school system, according to a new report from the federal government’s special interlocutor on unmarked graves. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
Kimberly Murray speaks after being appointed as Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools, at a news conference in Ottawa, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Murray says “urgent consideration” should be given to legal mechanisms as a way for Canada to combat residential school denialism.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canada should consider legal solution to fight residential school denialism: report

Report says increasing number of ‘denialists’ challenging communities that announce unmarked graves

Kimberly Murray speaks after being appointed as Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools, at a news conference in Ottawa, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Murray says “urgent consideration” should be given to legal mechanisms as a way for Canada to combat residential school denialism.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Susan Cairns (left) and Cecelia Reekie, a former Langley school trustee, with the 215 crosses bedecked with children’s clothes placed in memory of the Kamloops residential school victims at the Derek Doubleday Arboretum at 21559 Fraser Hwy. Langley on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

Permanent residential school memorial planned for Langley park

Group asks to create ‘place of understanding’ at Township arboretum

Susan Cairns (left) and Cecelia Reekie, a former Langley school trustee, with the 215 crosses bedecked with children’s clothes placed in memory of the Kamloops residential school victims at the Derek Doubleday Arboretum at 21559 Fraser Hwy. Langley on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Apprentice carver Rey Dickie and master carver Stan Hunt stand next to the log that would be carved into a monument to remember Indigenous children who died at residential schools. (Tyson Whitney - North Island Gazette)

Residential school pole touring Island before Vancouver installation

Master carver Stanley Hunt preparing to unveil emotional memorial project

  • Jun 13, 2023
Apprentice carver Rey Dickie and master carver Stan Hunt stand next to the log that would be carved into a monument to remember Indigenous children who died at residential schools. (Tyson Whitney - North Island Gazette)
Displayed on the exterior of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre is Tsleil-Waututh artist Olivia George’s “Bee Humble.” It’s part of the launch of the 2023 “Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing” public art project, which for the first time since it began in 2010 is showcasing all Indigenous artists. June is National Indigenous History Month. (Lauren Collins)

‘Sense of belonging’: Vancouver commissions 21 Indigenous artists for public art

2023 ‘Platforms’ initiative celebrates National Indigenous History Month

Displayed on the exterior of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre is Tsleil-Waututh artist Olivia George’s “Bee Humble.” It’s part of the launch of the 2023 “Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing” public art project, which for the first time since it began in 2010 is showcasing all Indigenous artists. June is National Indigenous History Month. (Lauren Collins)
The Canada flag on the Peace Tower is lit up by morning light on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. A new poll suggests only one third of Canadians support the city of Mississauga, Ont., proposing to ask the Federal government to change the lyrics of the national anthem, O Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

A third of Canadians support changing anthem to say ‘our home on native land’: poll

Leger poll; 48 per cent opposed, 19 per cent say they don’t know

The Canada flag on the Peace Tower is lit up by morning light on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. A new poll suggests only one third of Canadians support the city of Mississauga, Ont., proposing to ask the Federal government to change the lyrics of the national anthem, O Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Premier David Eby announcing a new Indigenous Justice Centre in Chilliwack, and $10 million for supports. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

‘We have to break that cycle,’ B.C. premier says announcing new Indigenous Justice Centre in Chilliwack

‘Making communities safer means addressing core issues that bring people into conflict with law’

Premier David Eby announcing a new Indigenous Justice Centre in Chilliwack, and $10 million for supports. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
A stamp bearing the portrait of Nellie Cournoyea is seen in an undated handout photo. The first Indigenous woman to lead a provincial or territorial government in Canada is being honoured with a new stamp. Canada Post says it has unveiled a stamp in honour of Cournoyea, known as a champion of her people in Canada’s western Arctic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canada Post, *MANDATORY CREDIT*

New Canada Post stamp honours first Indigenous woman to lead a Canadian government

Nellie Cournoyea was known as a champion of Inuit people in Canada’s western Arctic

A stamp bearing the portrait of Nellie Cournoyea is seen in an undated handout photo. The first Indigenous woman to lead a provincial or territorial government in Canada is being honoured with a new stamp. Canada Post says it has unveiled a stamp in honour of Cournoyea, known as a champion of her people in Canada’s western Arctic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canada Post, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
A Chilkat blanket, created in a Tlingit community in the 1800s, is seen in an undated handout photo. A man who is helping return the 140-year-old robe to the British Columbia First Nation where it was created says it’s as if the regalia called out to its people and they are bringing it home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Taku River Tinglit First Nation

B.C. First Nation buys back 140-year-old robe, paying almost $40,000 to bring it home

The intricately woven Chilkat robe was purchased by the Taku River Tlingit First Nation

A Chilkat blanket, created in a Tlingit community in the 1800s, is seen in an undated handout photo. A man who is helping return the 140-year-old robe to the British Columbia First Nation where it was created says it’s as if the regalia called out to its people and they are bringing it home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Taku River Tinglit First Nation
The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. A Yukon First Nations community has begun its search for unmarked graves at a former residential school site with a ceremony that triggered strong emotions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Launch of search for graves at former Yukon residential school triggers raw emotions

A community report on the results is scheduled to be completed by the end of summer

The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. A Yukon First Nations community has begun its search for unmarked graves at a former residential school site with a ceremony that triggered strong emotions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan addresses media on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, March 27, 2023. The minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada has announced the federal government is giving nearly $6 million for Indigenous communities in British Columbia to develop clean energy projects. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Federal government provides $5.9M for Indigenous clean energy projects in B.C.

He says more than $3.9M of the funding will be given to the BC Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative

International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan addresses media on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, March 27, 2023. The minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada has announced the federal government is giving nearly $6 million for Indigenous communities in British Columbia to develop clean energy projects. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth speaks to media during a press conference in the press gallery at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Monday February 5, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. group gets $5.5M to help end violence against Indigenous women, girls

B.C. releases update on its response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Minister of Public Safety Mike Farnworth speaks to media during a press conference in the press gallery at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Monday February 5, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
A war memorial (background) has been erected in Lower Nicola to commemorate locals who have served in the armed forces for Canada. (Jake Courtepatte/Capital News)
A war memorial (background) has been erected in Lower Nicola to commemorate locals who have served in the armed forces for Canada. (Jake Courtepatte/Capital News)
A woman places one of 215 pairs of children’s shoes on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery as a memorial to the 215 children whose remains have been found buried at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, May 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver brings temporary residential schools memorial to a close after 2 years

City plans to ‘reactivate’ the plaza, including supporting Indigenous weekend markets

A woman places one of 215 pairs of children’s shoes on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery as a memorial to the 215 children whose remains have been found buried at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, May 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Two Northern Spotted Owls have been found dead, bringing the critically endangered species’ wild population back down to one. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Death of 2 Northern Spotted Owls brings population in B.C. wilderness down to 1

The owls deaths were discovered earlier this month says Spuzzum First Nation Chief James Hobart

Two Northern Spotted Owls have been found dead, bringing the critically endangered species’ wild population back down to one. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
The 12-and-a-half metre totem pole carved by about 160 inmates which stands outside the Vancouver Island Regional Corrections Centre in Saanich. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

Inmates say totem pole they helped carve at B.C. jail a catalyst for remarkable change

About 160 at Vancouver Island Regional Corrections Centre participated in first-of-its-kind project

The 12-and-a-half metre totem pole carved by about 160 inmates which stands outside the Vancouver Island Regional Corrections Centre in Saanich. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)
Members of the Nuchatlaht First Nation and supporters rally outside B.C. Supreme Court before the start of an Indigenous land title case, in Vancouver, on Monday, March 21, 2022. A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says the First Nation did not prove it had rights to its entire claim area, although he suggested it may be time for the provincial government to rethink its current test for such titles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

First Nation did not prove Aboriginal title for entire claim area: B.C. Supreme Court

Judge wrote case may show need for a ‘reconsideration of the test for Aboriginal title’ on the coast

Members of the Nuchatlaht First Nation and supporters rally outside B.C. Supreme Court before the start of an Indigenous land title case, in Vancouver, on Monday, March 21, 2022. A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says the First Nation did not prove it had rights to its entire claim area, although he suggested it may be time for the provincial government to rethink its current test for such titles. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Elephant Hill wildfire burns in the distance near Clinton, as seen from behind a mountain on Kamloops Lake in Savona, B.C., during the early morning hours of Sunday July 30, 2017. An Indigenous-led report into the massive wildfire nearly six years ago that destroyed more than 100 homes in B.C.’s Interior says the blaze is costing $1 billion per year in ongoing impacts to nature and ecosystem services. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C.’s Elephant Hill wildfire results in losses of $1B per year: Indigenous report

Interior wildfire burned more than 1,900 square kilometres in the summer of 2017

The Elephant Hill wildfire burns in the distance near Clinton, as seen from behind a mountain on Kamloops Lake in Savona, B.C., during the early morning hours of Sunday July 30, 2017. An Indigenous-led report into the massive wildfire nearly six years ago that destroyed more than 100 homes in B.C.’s Interior says the blaze is costing $1 billion per year in ongoing impacts to nature and ecosystem services. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Alysha Archie after a violent assault by her ex-partner Keith Cailing on Oct. 5, 2021. Cailing was sentenced to 22 days jail for this assault that cause a significant head injury. (Submitted by Alysha Archie)

Indigenous domestic violence victim shares her story and her Red Dress Day display

‘I’ve been shot at, choked, had teeth knocked out’ - Alysha Archie

Alysha Archie after a violent assault by her ex-partner Keith Cailing on Oct. 5, 2021. Cailing was sentenced to 22 days jail for this assault that cause a significant head injury. (Submitted by Alysha Archie)
Britain’s King Charles III receives Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald during an audience at Buckingham Palace, London, Thursday May 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Gareth Fuller/Pool Photo via AP

Canadian Indigenous leaders meet with King Charles in London ahead of coronation

Charles has pitched Canada’s reconcilation path as an example for the Commonwealth to follow

Britain’s King Charles III receives Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald during an audience at Buckingham Palace, London, Thursday May 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Gareth Fuller/Pool Photo via AP