December 1, 1999 Litigation seen as result of loss of old Native ways

Native people had their languages and culture taken from them, along with ways of resolving disputes they had developed over millenia, which had nothing to do with money, Rev. Mervin Wolfleg of the Tsuu Tina Nation in Calgary...

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December 1, 1999 Primate alters sabbatical plans in wake of lawsuits

The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada will spend his sabbatical next year wrestling with how the church should remake itself to cope with life under a cloud of lawsuits. Archbishop Michael Peers told a national...

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December 1, 1999 Future of language depends on children

Aboriginal children on Northern Vancouver Island have begun learning their language of Kwak'wala in school. But they can't speak it at home with their parents, since they never learned it. Fewer than 300 people still...

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November 1, 1999 Church may appeal share of damages

The Anglican Church has paid the victim in the first residential schools judgment against the church. The General Synod ? the church's national body ? has paid both its and the Diocese of Cariboo's share of damages to the...

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November 1, 1999 Church fund helps abused heal

Told that some people suggest aboriginals should forget about the unhappy legacy of residential schools and get on with life, Donna Bomberry smiles. "We'd like to get on with life," says Ms. Bomberry, the Anglican Church's...

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November 1, 1999 Bishop stands by reference in letter to 'cultural genocide'

Bishop Terence Finlay of Toronto says he was unaware using the term "cultural genocide" in a pastoral letter read to Toronto parishes in September might raise controversy. The pastoral letter suggests that with the new...

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November 1, 1999 Saskatchewan lawyers face new restrictions

The Law Society of Saskatchewan has passed stricter rules targeting lawyers trolling for business from former students of residential schools. "We've had various people approach us about residential school issues in...

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November 1, 1999 ACC hears about residential schools

Dundee The Anglican Church of Canada's troubles dealing with the residential school legacy were aired at the Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Dundee. Primate Michael Peers spoke to a report written for the...

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October 1, 1999 Church on hook for abuse

One Canadian Anglican diocese may declare bankruptcy and a second is facing "grave" financial difficulties as lawsuits over Native residential schools progress through the courts. The Diocese of Cariboo is considering...

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October 1, 1999 Church, school officials must have known of rampant evil, judge says

Besides the somewhat dry legal discussions of vicarious liability and the relative responsibilities of the Anglican Church and the federal government in the victim's abuse, Justice Janice Dillon's 106-page decision also documents...

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