Tag: First Nation

Trudeau denounces vandalism, arson of Catholic churches, as history of abuse in residential schools unearthed

  OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday denounced a wave of vandalism across Canada that saw churches damaged and statues of monarchs splashed with red paint and torn down. These acts followed the recent discoveries of more than 1,000 unmarked graves at former indigenous boarding schools that has provoked anger and grief in indigenous communities, and beyond, along with a reckoning of the country’s colonial history. “It is unacceptable and wrong […]

Trudeau doesn’t rule out criminal probe of indigenous school graves

Canadian PM says he had spoken directly with Catholic Church’s Pope Francis, seeking an apology for the abuse   by Michel COMTE Agence France Presse Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Friday for “harmful government policies” and did not rule out a criminal probe after hundreds of unmarked graves were discovered at a former indigenous residential school in western Canada. The public mea culpa for the policy of indigenous assimilation and other historical wrongs comes one […]

Iglesia Ni Cristo Aid to Humanity helps indigenous communities in Canada amid COVID pandemic

  (Eagle News) – The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) donated clothes, non-perishable goods, and other items to indigenous communities in Canada helping them amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Representatives of the indigenous communities thanked the Church’s Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo for the INC Aid to Humanity in the Berens River Watershed, including the Poplar Hills Nation in the Ontario-Manitoba border. A councilor for the Poplar Hills Nation, Eli Moose, thanked the Church […]