Nationwide shock after remains of 215 children discovered at former residential school

Many ceremonies are being held across the country tonight to mourn the discovery of 215 children who were buried in a mass grave at a former residential school in British Columbia.

They were taken from their homes, stripped of their Indigenous culture, and abused right in our own backyard.

Kelly Botelho reports.

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The National Residential School Crisis Line is available for former residential school students and others at 1-866-925-4419.