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The Every Child Matters recognition walk departs Garden River First Nation’s recreation centre early Thursday afternoon. The walk, which went along Syrette Lake Road and continued to the community centre, also included sacred fire and drumming. The event comes shortly after the discovery of 215 unmarked graves in British Columbia and 751 graves at a former residential school in Saskatchewan. Just this week, 182 more unmarked graves were found near a residential school in British Columbia. Closer to home, survivors of Shingwauk Indian Residential School say there are unmarked graves of students at the Queen Street East site. Shingwauk cemetery, in a wooded area east of Shingwauk Hall on the Algoma University campus, holds the remains of 72 students and 37 others. The City of Sault Ste. Marie cancelled Canada Day celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.