Murray Sinclair, Anishinaabe advocate for justice, former TRC commissioner and senator, dies at 73

Murray Sinclair, who called on the country to confront the horrors of residential schools and urged Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to work together in the spirit of reconciliation, died Monday at a Winnipeg hospital. He was 73.His family posted on his Facebook account a week and a half ago to say he was in intensive care in Winnipeg. They said doctors and medical staff were doing everything to support him. For the past week his children and grandchildren have gathered to be with him and we remain by his side 24 hours a day,” the statement said.