An Indigenous organization is threatening to stop all construction at a Toronto job site after discovering that ancestral remains stored in a dump truck for over a year were mishandled.
HDI takes on the City of Toronto and its consultants July 17, 2025, Haudenosaunee Territory (Toronto), ON – The Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) is prepared to shut down all construction activity on Withrow Avenue following revelations that the ancestral remains of the Haudenosaunee people have been kept in a dump truck for over a year […]
It has been more than 18 months since the surprise discovery of ancient human remains forced a sudden stop at an east Toronto construction site, but there are lingering questions about moving forward. It was on Jan. 5, 2024, when crews replacing a lead pipe from the 1880s buried under a public sidewalk on Withrow Avenue, […]
The investigation of an Indigenous burial site discovered in Riverdale more than a year ago has been stalled by a breakdown in communication between the City of Toronto and a First Nation.