CANADA
CBC News

There’s only one week left for survivors of Indian residential schools to file abuse claims with the federal government — and the offices receiving the claims have been extra busy.

“We expected the applications to increase in the last couple of months … and that has happened,” said Daniel Ish, Canada’s chief adjudictor for abuse claims. “In the month of August, there were over 1,500 applications.”

The five-year period to apply for compensation expires on Sept.19.

Anybody who hasn’t already done so, should get their forms in the mail as soon as possible, Ish said.