File opened into the possible remains of 215 children: Police

Mounties say they have opened a file into the possible remains of 215 children found at a former residential school site in Kamloops.

Staff Sergeant Bill Wallace, the detachment commander with the Tk'emlups Rural RCMP, says officers have been to the site and are working with community members to discuss the next steps.

He says police are looking for the best way to be involved in the investigation, while also being culturally sensitive and respectful of the community.

Retired senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, told a House of Common committee yesterday that local Mounties are intimidating people rather than helping them at the Kamloops site.