Cadaver dogs searching for unmarked graves at former Kenora residential school site uncover 22 'alerts'
Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation says cadaver dogs conducting ground searches of the former Kenora, Ont., residential school site have found 22 "alerts" signalling the presence of historical human remains, to go with the 171 "plausible burials" detected earlier this year by ground-penetrating radar.
![Cadaver dogs searching for unmarked graves at former Kenora residential school site uncover 22 'alerts'](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6140739.1698686278!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/st-mary-s-indian-residential-school.jpg)
![St Mary's Indian Residential School opened three kilometres south of Kenora in 1897 and was run by the Roman Catholics. A black and white photo of a residential school building.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6140739.1698686278!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/st-mary-s-indian-residential-school.jpg)
Wauzhushk Onigum First Nation says cadaver dogs conducting ground searches of the former Kenora, Ont., residential school site have found 22 "alerts" signalling the presence of historical human remains, to go with the 171 "plausible burials" detected earlier this year by ground-penetrating radar.