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September 30, 2023
This should be a day when Canada rededicates itself to seeking justice
Toronto Star: “Hubert O’Connor: Child Molester.” That’s how the Victoria Times Colonist headlined the obituary for Catholic bishop Hubert O’Connor. He worked at the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School in Williams Lake, B.C., where he began a career as a serial rapist of young Indigenous girls. In 1996, he became the highest ranking Catholic official...
September 26, 2023
‘We’re wounded’: Calls for action ring out at flag-raising honouring residential school survivors
Survivors’ Flag raised at Saskatoon city hall ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation CBC Indigenous: Eugene Arcand says it is time to see some true action and effort to right the wrongs stemming from Canada’s residential schools. “I don’t mean to wreck this party, but it’s time we put reconciliation aside. It’s a cop...
February 7, 2023
Governments Opposed to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Updated Feb. 7, 2023 to move BC to those who have enacted a statutory holiday Those provinces who will not recognize Sept 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as a statutory holiday: Province/Territory IndigenousPopulation Party in Power Date Comment Alberta 258,640 Conservative – Alberta told CTV Edmonton it won’t legislate the holiday, but...
September 30, 2022
Calls for the Day for Truth and Reconciliation to be a provincial holiday in Sask.
Global News: “The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is an opportunity for all of us to reflect upon the tragedy of the residential school system, to honour the victims and survivors of residential schools, and recognize the trauma it continues to inflict upon families and communities, as well as to commit to true and...
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