Radar search reveals 171 "plausible burials" near Ontario residential school

A radar search for unmarked graves near the site of a former northern Ontario residential school have detected 171 anomalies that Wauzhushk Onigum Nation describes as “plausible burials.”

“Both Canada and Ontario have continued to express their commitment to reconciliation, to the truth, and to healing of our communities,” Chief Chris Skead said in the release. “Finding the truth and exercising caution on everything touched by this genocidal legacy comes at a price and it’s a price our Treaty partners need to be prepared to pay. That is true reconciliation.”

According to records provided by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, at least 36 children died at the St. Mary’s Residential School in Kenora, Ont., the First Nation said. “Based on conversations with survivors, and their testimonies, the true number is believed to be significantly higher,” it said.

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