The economy and reconciliation were the focus of a Tuesday forum organized by the Southern Chiefs' Organization that brought together more than a hundred business owners, government leaders and representatives of business organizations to build relationships and share ideas.
Manitobans put on their orange shirts and joined a healing walk on Thursday to honour those affected by residential schools, day schools, and the Sixties Scoop.
WINNIPEG Thursday is Canada Day, a holiday typically celebrated with barbecues and fireworks, but in the wake of hundreds of unmarked graves being discovered at former residential schools across the country, it s looking different from previous years. Another COVID-19 Canada Day, The Forks was already planning to hold a virtual celebration, but news of unmarked residential school graves has changed the program. Our site itself has a 6000-year history and indigenous people are at the heart of that. So it s always important for us to acknowledge and ensure we are doing the right things, said Clare MacKay, vice president of strategic initiatives and executive director of The Forks Foundation