Search dogs find evidence of human remains at site of Montreal's Old Royal Victoria Hospital
CTV
Cadaver dogs conducting a search on the grounds of the Old Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal have discovered evidence of human remains, according to a new report. A group of Indigenous elders alleges that the site contains unmarked graves of Indigenous children who died as a result of mind-control experiments that took place in the 1950s and 1960s.
Cadaver dogs conducting a search on the grounds of the Old Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal have discovered evidence of human remains, according to a new report.
A group of Indigenous elders alleges that the site contains unmarked graves of Indigenous children who died as a result of mind-control experiments that took place in the 1950s and 1960s at a psychiatric institute affiliated with the former hospital.
The Mohawk Mothers obtained an injunction last October to pause excavation work done by McGill University at the site to expand its campus with a new research, teaching and learning hub. Both sides agreed in April to conduct a search for potentially unmarked graves.
On Thursday, a report presented to the Quebec Superior Court said a team of three trained search dogs have pinpointed an area on the site possibly containing human remains near the Hersey Pavilion, a nurses' residence.
"Given that three separate dog teams indicated the same location independently with a TFR [Trained Final Response], we are confident that the odour of human remains is in this area," the report by the Ottawa Valley Search and Rescue Dog Association stated.
A German Shepherd, a Dutch Shepherd, and a Malinois searched the site on June 9, alongside their dog handlers, archeologists and two Kanien’keha:ka Kahnistensera cultural monitors.
