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Reindeer from the Carcross herd in southern Yukon

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The first transcontinental passenger train departed from Montreal’s Dalhousie Station, located at Berri Street and Notre Dame Street at 8 pm on 28 June 1886, and arrived at Port Moody at noon on 4 July 1886.

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Researchers said this week that they identified 15 'potential' grave sites at the site of the Chooutla Indian Residential School in Carcross

WARNING: This story contains distressing details.

Maria Benoit says she wasn't surprised by the results of this summer's ground search of a former residential school site in her community.

But the Haa Shaa du Hen (chief) of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation in Yukon says it still feels a "little bit different" to know more about the grim legacy of the former Chooutla Indian Residential School.

"People here always knew that there was, you know, remains here somewhere. The spirits did lots of talking in the past, so everybody kind of knew, and now it's confirmed for sure," Benoit said. [...]

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