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Jul 1, 2021 | 5:42 PM
Event Speaker Andre Bear Carrying an Orange Flag at Kiwanis Memorial Park for Cancel Canada Day (Payton Zillich/650 CKOM)
Canada Day had a different feeling in Saskatoon for 2021.
People gathered at Kiwanis Memorial Park to support residential school survivors, those who did not make it home and the Indigenous community, as a whole.
The day-long event is called “Cancel Canada Day,” and was put on by Saskatoon’s Chokecherry Studios. Events began at 9 a.m. Thursday and will run until 9:30 p.m.
“We are asking the community to show support for Residential School Survivors & Indigenous Communities across the country by refusing to celebrate 154 years of colonial violence & genocide,” a release from Chokecherry Studios reads.
Ceremonies, speakers mark legacy of residential schools on Canada Day
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Ann Coxworth devotes lifetime of skills and scientific study to environmental causes I know that I have the good fortune to have the time, and the good health and the skills that enable me to do something useful. It’s sure better than sitting at home doing whatever it is people in their late 80’s are supposed to be doing.”
Author of the article: Bryn Levy
Publishing date: Apr 22, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 6 minute read • Ann Coxworth is a board member and long-serving volunteer with the Saskatchewan Environmental Society. Photo by Matt Smith /Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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