National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

• Manitoba premier says new reconciliation holiday could happen this fall

  Getting it in place for this Sept. 30 would require a bill to be rushed through the legislature, which is not scheduled to sit again until Sept. 28.

  Canada

  Jul 8
  
• N.B. removes mention of ‘unceded’ land from motion recognizing Reconciliation Day

  New Brunswick is amending a motion recognizing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation because of a First Nations land claim before the courts.

  Politics

  Jun 10
  
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• Pope must come to Canada if he is serious about reconciliation: Chief Stacey Laforme

  A delegation made up of 32 Indigenous elders, knowledge keepers, residential school survivors and youth from across Canada is travelling to Rome to meet with the Pope.

  Canada

  Mar 26
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• Sask. businesses show ‘enhanced willingness’ on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: study

  According to the study, 86 per cent of responding businesses in Saskatchewan participated in activities for the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2021
• Saskatoon Tribal Council launching online campaign to take action on reconciliation

  STC says its campaign is an opportunity for discussions and education to support the new National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and residential school survivors.

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2021
• Mixed emotions from B.C. chiefs after Trudeau’s ‘crucial’ visit to Kamloops

  Some were angered and others were filled with hope as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc in Kamloops, B.C. on Monday.

  Politics

  Oct 18, 2021
• ‘Warriored up’ survivors speak truth to power at ceremony in Kamloops, B.C.

  Residential school survivors, intergenerational survivors and family spoke directly to the prime minister on his first visit to Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc since the spring.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2021
• First Nation chief calls for ‘peaceful resolution’ on Trudeau’s visit to Kamloops, B.C.

  The prime minister is visiting Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc for the first time since the harrowing discovery of unmarked graves at a former residential school in the spring.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2021
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• Trudeau says Tofino vacation was a ‘mistake’

  Justin Trudeau had received at least two invitations to spend the day with residential school survivors and their families, but the prime minister vacationed in Tofino instead.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2021
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• B.C. employer allows staff to swap some stat holidays for ones that reflect their beliefs

  A Vancouver employer is offering some 120 staff members the option to swap out some statutory holidays for ones that better reflect their beliefs.

  Features

  Oct 4, 2021