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When Conrad Black writes a column in the Winnipeg Sun, you pay attention. His latest piece, about the Powell River Peak refusing to run an ad for Frances Widdowson’s upcoming talk on Grave Error, deserves exactly that. It points to a growing problem in Canada — one we’ve been avoiding for too long. We are shutting down honest conversations about serious issues, and in the process, we’re replacing facts with narratives designed to shame Canadians instead of uniting us.

Grave Error is a collection of essays from seventeen well-respected academics. It offers a serious, evidence-based examination of the 2021 claims that 215 unmarked graves were discovered near the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

These essays don’t deny the tragedies that took place in residential schools. They question whether the Kamloops discovery was what many immediately claimed it was.

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Frances Widdowson is one of the contributors to the book. She was scheduled to speak in Powell River. The local paper refused to run an ad for the event. Publisher Kelly Keil said the book denied “well-documented historical........

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