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A message from the Mayor
This week, schools across Canada have been participating in online educational programs as part of Truth and Reconciliation Week. The theme this year is “Remembering the Children”.
As a parent, I can’t imagine having my child taken from me, but this was the reality faced by thousands of Indigenous parents and children who were forcibly taken away from their homes to go to residential schools in this country.
We know thousands of residential school students suffered physical, emotional and sexual abuse. All suffered from loneliness and a longing to be home with their families.
This September 30, I ask you to remember the children.
Show your support by wearing orange.
Take a moment to reflect on the past.
Listen with an open heart to the stories of survivors and their families.
Think about what we need to do as a community and nation to heal.
Because only by acknowledging and remembering the past, can we move forward to truth and reconciliation.
Every child matters.
Mayor Ron Vandewal
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