Trudeau’s visit is taking place after the community sent the Prime Minister invitations to which he did not respond.... Trudeau attended an event a day prior on Parliament Hill with survivors of the schools, but did not participate in any public events the following day.... He instead travelled to Tofino, a popular B.C. tourist destination, with family....

Casimir, nodded slightly while she spoke.“ Today is bittersweet, ” she said.... JENNIFER GAUTHIER/ ReutersShe also said that two letters of invitations were sent to Mr.... Casimir said that the community “ quietly ” learned through a journalist on that day that Mr....

Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc ceremony to honour residential school survivors and mark the first National

. Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc had sent the Prime Minister two invitations to attend its ceremonial event

Reconciliation.... Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation Kukpi7( Chief) Rosanne Casimir said the Prime

Open this photo in gallery In late May, Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc announced the discovery of

TORONTO( Reuters)-A juvenile rib, a tooth and survivors' testimony that children were dragged from their beds in the middle of the night to dig graves in an apple orchard gave clues on where to conduct the radar search that found unmarked graves of children at a former Canadian residential school, researchers said on Thursday. Sarah Beaulieu, a specialist in ground-penetrating radar from the University of the Fraser Valley, conducted searches in May on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Resi

Open this photo in gallery Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledges Algonquin survivor Celine Thusky on the eve of Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, honouring the lost children and survivors of Indigenous residential schools, in Ottawa.... He did not attend events in Tofino, either. Instead, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement Friday that Mr.... Trudeau spoke with eight residential-school survivors from across the country over several hours on Thursday....

Open this photo in gallery Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens to a song during his visit to Tk’emlups te Secwepemc in Kamloops, B.C., on Oct.... Trudeau sat beside Casimir after he had visited the site of more than 200 unmarked graves uncovered last spring at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.... The Canadian Press Our Morning Update and Evening Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines....

Brown points out that the couple’s frantic soaking of their property before they fled last Wednesday seems to have saved their traditional st` wan hut for air drying salmon in the backyard.... Brown said of the opportunity to see the result of the catastrophic wildfire.... Sell couldn’t provide a breakdown of how many other homes on Lytton First Nation territory were also evacuated....