‘My heart is with the children’: Cross-country walk honours residential school victims

- Advertisement -

Jasmine Lavallee is walking across Western Canada in honour of the 215 bodies found in an unmarked grave at the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

The 38 year old was in her emotions when she said that “I tried to ignore it – as ignorant as that sounds – but I knew that 215 would be the number to break my heart. So the more I tried to ignore it, the more I saw it, it broke my heart, I found myself crying when I was like alone. When I had personal time, I was weeping for these children that I didn’t even know. So I knew it affected me hard.”

On her back for the entire walk is a pack filled with…

Hot this week

Sri Lanka Imposes Tough New Penalties on Illegal Fishing as Tensions Over Indian Vessel Incursions Persist

(Commonwealth of India)—As frustration continues over repeated incursions by...

UK Sees First Rise in Clinical Trial Applications After Years of Decline

(Commonwealth_Europe) Despite years of concern about the UK's decline...

Hundreds of Plants Blooming in UK Winter: A Stark, Visible Signal of Climate Breakdown

Across the United Kingdom this winter, an astonishing number...

Corrected Data Shows Rapid Arctic Snow Loss as Improved Satellites Misled Climate Records

Over the years, advances in satellite technology made it...

India Automobile Sales 2025: SUVs, Commercial Vehicles and Tractors Lead Robust Year-End Surge

The calendar year 2025 witnessed the Indian automobile industry's...
- Advertisement -

Related Articles

- Advertisement -sitaramatravels.comsitaramatravels.com

Popular Categories

Commonwealth Union
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.