Published Thursday, June 3, 2021 12:52PM EDT Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie is calling on the province to prioritize hot spot areas when it comes to rolling out second doses of COVID-19 vaccines. “Peel is only receiving nine per cent of the province’s vaccines, yet we represent more than 20 per cent of all cases in Ontario,” Crombie said at a news conference Thursday. The province allocated 50 per cent of its vaccine supply to hot spot areas in the first two weeks of May, allowing first doses to reach arms in the hardest hit parts of the province sooner. During the rollout of first doses, the province also declared all of Peel region a hot spot, allowing it to greatly accelerate the pace of vaccinations.
Communities across the GTA are lowering flags and holding vigils Monday in remembrance of 215 children whose bodies were discovered at a former residential school in British Columbia.
Toronto-area communities mourn after remains of 215 children found at former B.C. residential school
Communities across the GTA are lowering flags and holding vigils Monday in remembrance of 215 children whose bodies were discovered at a former residential school in British Columbia.
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Sebastian Leck ·
Posted: May 31, 2021 7:07 PM ET | Last Updated: June 1
A memorial for the 215 children found buried on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School is pictured at Queens Park, in Toronto, on May 31, 2021.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
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Communities across the Greater Toronto Area are lowering flags, holding vigils and creating memorials in remembrance of 215 children whose bodies were discovered at a former residential school in British Columbia.
Canadian flag flying in Victoria B.C. The federal government has ordered all flags lowered to honour the children found buried at a Kamloops residential school in May 2021. Photo by: Michal Klajban
TORONTO Flags on federal buildings will be lowered for the 215 children whose bodies were found at a former British Columbia residential school, the prime minister said Sunday as communities across Canada began mounting their own tributes to the students.
Justin Trudeau said on social media his request includes the Peace Tower flag. It comes as some called for a national day of mourning. To honour the 215 children whose lives were taken at the former Kamloops residential school and all Indigenous children who never made it home, the survivors, and their families, I have asked that the Peace Tower flag and flags on all federal buildings be flown at half-mast, Trudeau said in a statement.