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Canada Burned Churches Over “Indigenous Mass Graves”—3 Years And $200M Later, No Bodies Have Been Found

In 2021, Canada erupted in outrage over claims that unmarked graves had been found at a former Catholic school. The government flew flags at half-mast, the media declared it proof of genocide, and dozens of churches were vandalized or burned in retribution. Yet 3 years later, no graves have been uncovered and no one has apologized.

By Carmen Schober1 min read
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In the summer of 2021, news broke in Canada that approximately 200 unmarked graves had been discovered at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, supposedly containing the remains of Indigenous children who had suffered unspeakable horrors at the hands of the Catholic Church. The country reacted as if a genocide had just been unearthed.