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That confluence point was the top choice among those who took part in a recent city engagement process on finding a permanent home for a residential school memorial in Calgary, with Olympic Plaza and the area outside city hall named as other options.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
That display includes 215 pairs of shoes placed in rows, each representing one of the Indigenous children who died. The shoes appear alongside stuffed animals, candles and flowers. Completed consultation with Indigenous communities puts Calgary one step closer to the new memorial, said Harold Horsefall with the City of Calgary’s Indigenous Relations Office.
“There was nobody upset, which was really important to me, because if people didn’t feel heard I think they would have been upset,” Horsefall said.Article content
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