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Finding Home, a Documentary series created & produced by Sara Jones

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Between 1965 and 1984, child welfare authorities forcibly removed thousands of Indigenous children from their families and communities. A belief perpetuated in mainstream society at the time, was the myth that Indigenous children were ‘better off’ growing up away from their biological family, language and culture. Authorities placed the children in foster care or adopted them out to non-Indigenous families. This action later became known as the Sixties Scoop. Many families across Canada were affected by this misguided action. 

Sara Jones, a resident of Prince George Lheidli T’enneh, belongs to one of these families. She set out not only to document this personal story, but also begin to heal. She shares the vulnerable journey of this process with us in this interview, and invites you to listen to her family’s story.

Photo Credit - Sara Jones (pictured in a black top and long brown hair. She smiles as she sits at a wooden table in Downtown Prince George with a wooden fence and hanging flowers in the background.)

Tuned into 88.7FM for special programming today? Hear our conversation with Sara at 5:30pm, followed by her episodes of Finding Home from 6pm-9pm

CFUR 88.7 Signal Off Air Sept 24th-25th

Hello dear audience. This is just a quick note to say that on Tuesday September 24th at 12pm until Wednesday September 25th at 5pm, we plan to be off air for maintenance.

We WILL still be broadcasting online via our stream and associated apps: cfur.ca/listen-live

The UNBC library is having it’s roof redone so that means our transmitter will be shut off while our tower (located on top of the library) is shuffled out of the way, new roof lain down, and then the tower plugged back in. Hopefully it all goes smoothly and we’ll be back up and riding the airwaves by 4pm Wednesday September 25th.

Wish us luck by visiting our instagram page @cfuradio_88.7 so we can broadcast LIVE like mad bananas next week, Oct.1-4th during the CFURadiothon! Were fundraising for backup broadcast components that will keep us on air in the event of equipment failure. Kind of like a radio equivalent of having a spare tire in your car. You never know when you’re going to get a flat, so please help us be prepared.

Listen to us live, anywhere, on iHeartRadio

Take Back the Night, This Friday Sept 20th

Halee Sturgeon of Harmony House, Kyla-Rae Laferdy of Phoenix Transition Society, and Tanvi Guhagarkar of the Northern Women’s Centre joined us in conversation at CFURadio studios ahead of the Take Back The Night march taking place this Friday September 20th.

Pic Credit Steven Dubas

For the first time in our community, men are explicitly encouraged to become informed and get involved in the event. Listen to our conversation and learn more about this important decision and the challenges the change-makers in our community are addressing daily with their work, and passionate advocacy advancing the health, safety, and autonomy of women.

This 33rd Annual Take Back the Night march is an event to honor the memory of the women who have not survived violence; to celebrate those who have; and to demand an end to all forms of violence against women. We can and should be able to walk down the streets of our city safely and on our own.

The event kicks of at 6:30 pm at the Canada Games Plaza down town Prince George in front of the Civic Centre. An 8:30pm wrap up Open-Mic event will be held on UNBC campus at the Thirsty Moose Pub after the March concludes.