According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Canada’s premier newsroom revealing machinations our federal government leaders would rather keep hidden, “Millions paid to a British Columbia First Nation to recover suspected children’s graves at an Indian Residential School were instead budgeted for publicists and consultants.”
Kamloops school “survivor” Garry Gottfriedson said he struggled over whether the site should be dug up or left alone. Still, he leaned toward securing evidence to bring solace to himself, his band, and any buried children.
“If you can imagine something gnawing at your whole soul for your whole life and then finally, there’s some peace of mind,” he said. “That’s how it is for me. This is one way in which part of that ugly history can be put to rest.”