Winnipeg and its residents are mourning after buried remains of more than 200 children were located earlier this month on the grounds of a former residential school in B.C.

Earlier this week, CBC News reported the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation said the remains of 215 children had been found near the city of Kamloops. The First Nation says the findings were confirmed last weekend.

Using ground-penetrating radar, the remains were located during a survey of the grounds on what was formerly the Kamloops Indian Residential School.

Forensic experts are now reportedly working to identify and repatriate the remains. Terry Teegee, Assembly of First Nations regional chief, says the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation wants to undergo this process in order to be able to share the stories of their children and bring peace to their families

On Saturday, Winnipeg mayor Brian Bowman shared on Facebook that the iconic Winnipeg sign, located at The Forks, would be dimmed "out of respect to all those affected by this horrific news."

City Hall flags will also fly at half-mast from sunrise to sunset for a four-day period beginning May 30.

A memorial to the children lost at Kamloops Indian Residential School has also been set up at The Forks.

Michelle Faith posted to her Facebook page on May 28 asking for donations of children's shoes. More than 300 pairs of shoes have now been arranged at the Oodena Circle at The Forks in honour of the children found.

"We have over 300 pairs of shoes but people are welcome to bring more to honour children murdered in other residential schools and the children who have yet to be found," says Faith.

"The children of Kamloops Residential School & all other residential schools deserve to be honoured, remembered & acknowledged," Faith shares in a post made on May 29.

"The horrific injustices they endured in their short lives need to be recognized all over Canada not only by us Indigenous people, but by all Canadians! These 215 children don’t deserve to be swept under the rug like the rest of our history so I encourage all people to continue speaking up & talking about our history, because all of Canada needs to be aware of it."

On Saturday, a vigil was held by residential school survivors to honour the 215 children found. Hundreds of orange ribbons were tied outside a downtown Winnipeg Catholic church.