Following Pope Francis’ apology last April for the “deplorable conduct” of members of the Catholic Church at residential schools, the Pope will be in Quebec from July 27-29 to advance action toward reconciliation with Indigenous People. Cree Grand Chief Mandy Gull-Masty expressed that while apologies from Pope Francis, especially on Canada’s colonized land is monumental […]
This coming September 30th will be the first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. However, just because it’s no longer called Orange Shirt Day doesn’t mean you’re not still encouraged to wear one. If you’re a last-minute shopper, here are three Indigenous-owned businesses that we love, and you can support in anticipation of September 30th. 1) […]
Ottawa’s city hall is set to host a sacred fire next week to honour the Indigenous children who were sent to residential school and their families. The sacred fire will take place at City Hall’s Marion Dewar Plaza. It will begin June 28th at sunrise with Elders through until 1 in the afternoon. Anyone attending […]
Last week, the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. It has been said that there are an estimated 6000 children who died in the residential school system. I felt many emotions hearing this news. Devastation. Outrage. And quite lost. What can I be doing […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: There are 51 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases, and another death from the virus in Ottawa Monday. 7,957 total cases have been confirmed here, with 7,083 resolved, and 359 deaths. We have 515 active cases in the Capital. COVID-19 Ontario: 1,487 new cases, and ten new deaths are being reported across Ontario. 95,496 cases have […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: Ottawa Public Health is recording four more deaths from the Novel Coronavirus Thursday. 334 people in the Capital have now died from COVID-19. 51 new confirmed cases were recorded, taking the city’s total up to 7,324, with 6,341 resolved. The number of active cases is falling again, down to 649. COVID-19 Ontario: 998 new […]