Tag: Lakeland Society for Truth and Reconciliation

People attending a rally in downtown Bonnyville on Sunday called for authorities to search two Winnipeg landfills for the remains of four murdered Indigenous women. Corita Vachon, president of the Lakeland Society for Truth and Reconciliation, spoke of the pain that the women’s families are suffering and the indignity Indigenous people endure from the Manitoba […]

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Events were held in the Lakeland and across the country on Friday to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day is also referred to as Orange Shirt Day in recognition of the suffering inflicted by Residential Schools. It referes to the experience of Phyllis (Jack) Webstad, who as a 6-year-old had her […]

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