FOG BLOG CANADA LOG: CADAVER DOGS UNCOVER '22 ALERTS' AT FORMER SCHOOL IN KENORA ON!

Cadaver dogs searching for unmarked graves at former Kenora residential school site uncover 22 'alerts' The alerts in addition to 171 plausible burial sites detected at former St. Mary's site in January Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation in northwestern Ontario says cadaver dogs conducting ground searches of a former residential school site have found 22 "alerts" indicating the underground presence of historical human remains.

Nineteen of the 22 alerts overlap with areas that survivors have identified as burial sites from residential school times, according to a release Monday from the First Nation.

The search was guided by elders and survivors and conducted over three days in August. These findings are in addition to the 171 "plausible burials" associated with the former St. Mary's Indian Residential School in Kenora.

"Survivors, I acknowledge you, I acknowledge your strength, your kids, your grandkids. I honour your beautiful spirit names," Wauzhushk Onigum Chief Chris Skead said in the release. "Canada and the churches tried to eradicate you, eradicate us, and they sure did a good job of trying, but here we are.

"We still have our laws, we have our ceremonies, we have our traditions. Today, I honour you for standing firm, for sharing, for guiding, for showing us. It is your testimony, your strength, your guidance that will continue to move us forward."