National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Authored on September 29, 2022
- Mike Omelus from APTN drops by the studio to discuss their commemorative gathering for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- The ‘Remembering the Children’ gathering takes place on Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. ET at LeBreton Flats Park in Ottawa
- Michael McNeely highlights filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin and her documentaries about education rights for Indigenous children. To learn more about her work visit here
- Dawn Dickinson previews Voices of The Walrus with an article by Justin Ling about why some Canadians are languishing behind bars for crimes they did not commit
- She also shares an article by J.R. Patterson that looks at half a million dollars that went missing from a rural Manitoba municipality, and the community distrust that followed
- Steven Scott from Double Tap shares a recap of this week’s Amazon hardware event
- And, in her Central regional report, Karen Magee shares an update on how it went for Ontario MPPs who went on a “social assistance diet” for two weeks