Claims process opens for ‘Indian hospitals’ settlement

OTTAWA — The claims process for a landmark "Indian hospitals" settlement opens today, nearly one year after the federal government reached an agreement with survivors on compensation.
The federal government ran 33 such hospitals for Indigenous people between 1936 and 1981.
Former patients, some of whom spent years in the segregated facilities, filed a lawsuit against the government in 2018 alleging the hospitals were rife with abuse and unfair treatment.
Under the settlement reached last y