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Hundreds more unmarked graves found at erstwhile Canadian residential school

Hundreds more unmarked graves found at erstwhile Canadian residential school

ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY and MORIA WARBURTON AN indigenous group in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has found the unmarked graves of an estimated 751 people at a now-defunct Catholic residential school, just weeks after a similar, smaller discovery rocked the country. The latest discovery, the biggest to date, is a grim reminder of the years of abuse and discrimination indigenous communities have suffered in Canada even as they continue to fight for justice and better living conditions. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was "terribly saddened" by the discovery at Marieval Indian Residential School about 87 miles (140 km) from…
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