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City apologizes after porn shown during Kamloops council meeting

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:11:10 EDT

The Interior B.C. city is reviewing its policies for public hearings following the incident.


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Residential school monument finds home at national history museum

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 04:00:09 EDT

"People actually reached out and hugged it and they told their [stories] about residential school," master carver Stanley C. Hunt says.


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Residential school survivors press Ottawa for more money to find unmarked graves

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 13:44:58 EDT

A group of residential school survivors and their supporters are asking the federal government to reverse what they're calling a funding cut and come up with more money to help find the unmarked graves of students who went to these institutions.


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Kamloops mayor's office moving to basement away from city staff

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 19:40:47 EDT

The office of Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is being relocated to the basement of city hall.


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Book of poetry shows resilience of residential school survivors

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Sun, 06 Oct 2024 09:00:00 EDT

Garry Gottfriedson, who attended the Kamloops Indian Residential School for five years, drew on his own experience at residential school, as well as those of his siblings and parents, for the book. He describes the process of gathering their stories as "powerful."


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Kamloops mayor in court over allegation he owes ex-lawyer $35K

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:03:56 EDT

Lawyer David McMillan alleges the mayor owes him payment for services provided between 2021 and 2024.


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Kamloops mayor's pay cut 15% for leaking confidential documents

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:48:51 EDT

The pay cut comes after city council had already taken a number of steps against the mayor, including stripping him of his duties as a city spokesperson, removing him from the Thompson Nicola Regional District board and Shuswap Watershed Council and relocating his office to the basement of city hall. 


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Canadian RJ Barrett close to return from injury as Raptors prepare for Wednesday's season opener

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:56:00 EDT

Canadian swingman RJ Barrett was upgraded to day-to-day and engaged in non-contact practise on Monday, two days before Toronto hosts the Cleveland Cavaliers at Scotiabank Arena.


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B.C. school district makes further cuts in wake of $2.2M accounting error

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 19:00:07 EDT

The Kamloops School District has made further cuts, including staff reductions, as it faces a budget deficit of more than $2 million from the 2023-24 school year.


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Apology long overdue for U.S. Indian boarding schools, says former student

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:31:39 EDT

A former student of federal Indian boarding schools in the U.S. says Joe Biden's rare presidential apology was long overdue. "They should have done it years ago," says 74-year-old Rosie Yellowhair.


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Indigenous leaders praise report on Canada's 'disappeared' residential school children

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:29:54 EDT

Kimberly Murray has opened an uncomfortable and difficult but long overdue conversation about justice for Canada’s "disappeared" residential school children, Indigenous leaders say in response to the special interlocutor's two-volume final report.


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Syilx Okanagan woman files lawsuit alleging historic abuse at Vernon Catholic school

By www.cbc.ca
Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:00:00 EDT

A Syilx Okanagan woman has filed a lawsuit against church authorities and the Canadian government alleging she was physically and sexually abused as a child at a Catholic-run Vernon, B.C., school.


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