CBC News has examined 33 Canadian churches that burned to the ground since May 2021. Just two were ruled accidental.

Investigators have determined that 24 were deliberately set while others are still under investigation. Some researchers and community leaders suggest Canada’s colonial history and recent discoveries of potential burial sites at former residential schools may have lit the fuse.

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  • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    How many children do you think were buried under these churches? Didn’t it all start when the one was discovered to have remains?

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      1 year ago

      They don’t generally bury people under churches and I doubt they were breaking through and digging up church floors to hide the dead children when there’s soft dirt right next to the church. But they were usually buried outside the residential school anyway.

    • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I am not the person to speak with any authority on the subject but you should really look into the history of white imperialism in Canada. It’s as awful as it sounds.