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    July 1, 2021
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    #316 Happy Independence (From Moral Responsibility) Day!
    The media is fixated on whether to celebrate Canada Day as the Lower Kootenay First Nation announces the discovery of another 182 unmarked graves in BC. And after recording, Lytton BC began evacuation and we’re trying to understand what a heat dome is.
    Jesse Brown
    Host & Publisher
    Tiffany Lam
    Producer
    Tristan Capacchione
    Audio Editor & Technical Producer

    Former Executive Director of APTN Karyn Pugliese co-hosts.

    Links:

    • More on the announcement from Lower Kootenay First Nation
    • Karyn’s recent piece for the National Observer: “With the help of the Mounties, the priests piled the children into boats and floated away”

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