66 more potential graves identified at former Williams Lake, B.C., residential school

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66 more potential graves identified at former Williams Lake, B.C., residential school
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The lead investigator in the search for unmarked graves at a former residential institution near the Williams Lake First Nation in central British Columbia says the latest phase of their work has uncovered 66 additional “reflections,” indicating children's graves.

Last Updated Wednesday, January 25, 2023 6:13PM ESTresidential

Whitney Spearing told a news conference that the results of Phase 2 of their investigation show there were crimes committed against children associated with the Catholic operation of St. Joseph's Mission. Spearing says they found “a minimum” of 28 children died at the mission, which operated between 1886 and 1981, many of them buried in unmarked graves around the site.

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