Residential school survivors returned to Meares Island on Thursday, Oct. 9 to witness the demolition of the former Christie Residential School.

Members of the Ahousaht First Nation leadership, along with a special research team invited those who attended the school to return to the Meares Island facility to witness the teardown of one of the few remaining structures of the school, a building that included a gymnasium. Nearly 200 people attended a special Healing Gathering at the site.

Former elected chief councillor Greg Louie attended the school as a six-year-old and says the gathering was years in the making.

”As I was walking up from the dock this morning thinking about the memories I had as a young boy, there was a lot of emotion,” Louie said.

He says the day was filled with a mixt

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