The yet-unproven allegation spurred a campaign of national shame, drove calls to criminalize residential school 'denial'

The announcement sent shockwaves throughout Canada and garnered global attention. But in the years since, the claims have been walked back.

Nothing has been found at the residential school, but pointing that out invites cancellation

The issue isn’t that no bodies have been found, it’s that we were told that the graves of children had been 'confirmed'

The yet-unproven allegation spurred a campaign of national shame, drove calls to criminalize residential school 'denial'

The government needs to recognize this as the national crisis that it is

Five years after the explosive announcement of 215 children's graves, the only way to know what's under the ground is to excavate

Terry Glavin argues that sensationalized reporting fuelled false and exaggerated claims of 'mass graves' and other horrific crimes