Owen Sound Honours National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Owen Sound Honours National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
City Hall and Public Works administrative buildings will be closed for the day; flags will be at half-mast across City facilities on Monday.
MEDIA RELEASE
The City of Owen Sound observes the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day, on September 30. To recognize and honour Indigenous lives lost, the survivors, and the lasting impact of the residential school system, flags will be at half-mast across City facilities on Monday.
City Hall and Public Works administrative buildings will be closed for the day to help give staff an opportunity to recognize, reflect on and commemorate the legacy of residential schools or participate in a community event.
One such event, Binoojiinyag dadibaajimowag, or ‘Voices of the Children,’ ceremonial fire will take place at the Gichi-Name Wiikwedong Reconciliation Garden at the south end of Kelso Beach at Nawash Park. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m., and more information can be found on the City’s website.
Source: City of Owen Sound media release
With both City Hall and the Feds declaring holiday/stat day, I wonder who thought it was a good idea to mow the grass right opposite the ceremony this morning, DURING the ceremony? Surely that land from the footbridge north, on the west side of 1st Ave W, and the land around the grain elevator where he was also mowing, is either municipal or federal? Surely the guy mowing SAW that a ceremony was going on?