CALGARY Hillhurst United Church will toll its bells 215 times Tuesday in recognition of the 215 children whose remains were discovered at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. “Each bell symbolizes a child’s life,” said Tony Snow, Indigenous Lead at Hillhurst United and Indigenous Minister for Calgary-area United Churches, in a press release. “As we stop and listen to each bell toll, we remember a child who never returned home.” Hillhurst church is also calling on other faith communities to join them in tolling their bells at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday or else observing a moment of silence in solidarity with the Tk emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation and First Nation communities across Turtle Island (North America).
Here are some of the ways Calgary and area are commemorating the residential school victims this week
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Publishing date: May 31, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 2 minute read • Footprints are painted on the sidewalk across from Langevin School and signs were placed on fences calling for the school name to be changed on Monday, May 31, 2021. Calls are growing for the school to be renamed immediately following the discovery of a mass grave of children at a former residential school in Kamloops. The school was named after Hector-Louis Langevin who was the “architect” of the residential schools in Canada. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia
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Just a few days after delivering last year’s budget, Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews declared “it felt like Rome was burning” as he rolled out the new financial plan.
Twelve months later, the blaze still isn’t out from an unprecedented pandemic and recession.
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Another budget is coming Thursday and more firefighting water in the form of additional spending will be needed, pushing Alberta’s debt levels higher.
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