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Jun 2021
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Stories from the Kamloops Indian Residen...

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From drownings to suicides in broad daylight, a new CBC investigation reveals a horrific picture of what life was like at the Kamloops Indian Residential school. Today on Front Burner, the stories of some who lived and died there. 
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