The shadow of residential schools ‘gets longer and longer’

By Rochelle Baker

Warning: This story contains details that may provoke distress or trauma in some readers. Homalco Chief Darren Blaney has the tragic distinction of being a third-generation residential school survivor. Like his father, and grandfather before him, Blaney was forced from his home, family, and culture in the small community of Church House in Bute Inlet along B.C.’s remote central coast. Read More

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