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Author: Cara McKenna, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
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Stó:lō confirms 158 children’s deaths at four institutions as investigation reveals rampant neglect, abuse
‘There was no oversight to keep those children safe,’ says grand chief, after phase one of project looking into missing kin at residential ‘schools,’ Indian hospital
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Celebrating unity and strength, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh marks 100-year amalgamation anniversary
The Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Days Festival in ‘Ambleside Park’ was held on July 23, the same day the community officially became a nation one century ago
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Two years after ‘senseless killing,’ Jared Lowndes’s family sues RCMP officers
The Wet’suwet’en man’s mother and children are seeking damages from four Mounties and their employer the Minister of Public Safety
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After week-long journey, Kwakiutl memorial monument arrives in ‘Vancouver’ via hovercraft
The pole by carver Stan Hunt is now set to travel to Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc where the former Kamloops Indian Residential School is located
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Trailblazing Secwépemc leader George Manuel memorialized on Canada Post stamp
The commemorative stamp was unveiled during an event at Tsleil-Waututh Nation and will be released on National Indigenous Peoples Day
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shíshálh announces 40 residential ‘school’ graves, as chief pleads: ‘do not normalize this’
‘These children were our aunties, they were our uncles, they were our future leaders that we never met’
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Artist unveils sculpture mocking ‘colonial’ TMX judges: ‘They’ve got blinders on’
George Rammell’s latest work included a performance element — critiquing the ‘B.C.’ courts and criminalization of land defenders
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‘They were just children’: c̓išaaʔatḥ confirms potential graves at former Alberni residential ‘school’
Researchers identified 17 suspected burial sites and say at least 67 more children never made it home from the ‘brutal’ institution
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Expanse of deep ocean off ‘Vancouver Island’ set to become protected area
First Nations and federal government sign MOU to co-manage proposed MPA in 133,019-square-km section of the Pacific
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Newly-formed coalition wants to save dwindling wild Pacific salmon stocks
The Save our Salmon Coalition says it hopes to be a united front in advocating for the iconic West Coast fish