By Canadian Press

CP NewsAlert: Murray Sinclair, Truth and Reconciliation Commission chair, dies at 73

Nov 4, 2024 | 7:54 AM

WINNIPEG — Murray Sinclair, who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools, has died at the age of 73.

Niigaan Sinclair says his father died this morning in a Winnipeg hospital.

Murray Sinclair was the first Indigenous judge in Manitoba and the second in Canada.

He was also a senator from 2016 to 2021.

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