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Cover-up at Kuper Island: B.C. task force came too late for abused runaways

RCMP found allegations of residential school abuse that should have led to charges

Bethany Lindsay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Bethany Lindsay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

3 Sep 2025 • 5 min read

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A group of Indigenous children wearing dark suits pose next to two men in clerical collars in a black and white photo.
A group of boys from the Kuper Island residential school is shown in a photo from the case files of the RCMP Native Indian Residential School Task Force. Police opened an investigation into abuse at Kuper Island after six students ran away in 1939. (Courtesy of B.C. RCMP)

Bethany Lindsay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Bethany Lindsay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Bethany Lindsay is an award-winning investigative journalist who covers white-collar crime. She is based in Vancouver and previously reported for CBC News, the Vancouver Sun, and the Cambodia Daily.

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