By Stephanie Taylor THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA- The federal government has paused and plans to reworka $2-million contract with an international group hired to provide advice on identifying and locating the unmarked graves of children who attended residential schools. A spokesman for Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says Ottawa has “heard the concerns raised by Indigenous partners” about the contract with the International Commission on Missing Persons. “We are working to determine a path forward,” said a written statement from Matthieu Perrotin. Ottawa signed a technical agreement with the Netherlands-based commission in February, in which it is slated to work with Indigenous communities. First Nations across Western Canada and parts of Ontario have used ground-penetrating radar technology to try locating possible graves at former residential schools. The searches began in…
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