‘This is worse than residential school’

By Sanuda Ranawake  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter ST JOHN’S, N.L.- Miriam Saunders knows the pain of losing a child, she has lost two.Her daughter, Loretta Saunders, was murdered 10 years ago, on or around Feb. 13, 2014. Loretta’s murder, along with other missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, eventually led to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. In the past 10 years, Miriam says, she has lost more than just a daughter. “I’m a stay-at-home grandma/mom. I had to quit my job. I was told I needed to quit my job by my son Michael’s doctor, for me to take care of him,” says Miriam. She says her son, Michael Saunders, struggles with mental illness and is now in adult protection in St. John’s….

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