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Posted: Dec 11, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 11, 2020
A welcome sign in Renfrew, Ont., in December 2020. An open letter to the mayors of that Ottawa Valley town and nearby Arnprior calls on them to acknowledge and act on systemic racism in their communities.(Francis Ferland/CBC)
Some mayors in the Ottawa Valley are promising to do better after residents called on them to acknowledge and act on systemic racism in their communities.
This follows a CBC Ottawa series on racism in the Ottawa Valley, where five Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) shared their experiences with racism and called on local leaders to do something about it.