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LETTER: Words alone won’t bring reconciliation

A heartfelt editorial in Vic News about the history of the Kamloops Residential school is welcome but it’s not enough. Forensic evidence uncovered on the school grounds forces us to confront the hardest part: unpacking the hard history of all the residential schools and their own evidence. Are we up to that long, difficult slog up the hill to real truth and reconciliation? We shall see.
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A heartfelt editorial in Vic News about the history of the Kamloops Residential school is welcome but it’s not enough. Forensic evidence uncovered on the school grounds forces us to confront the hardest part: unpacking the hard history of all the residential schools and their own evidence. Are we up to that long, difficult slog up the hill to real truth and reconciliation? We shall see.

John Harris

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