CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — After a week of Fiona recovery efforts, Lennox Island and Abegweit First Nations in P.E.I. have cancelled their main plans for the ...
Lennox Island First Nation Chief Darlene Bernard says Charlottetown events for National Truth and Reconciliation Day and Treaty Day have been cancelled, but a Sept. 29 event planned in Lennox Island will go ahead. - Stu NeatbyCHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — After a week of Fiona recovery efforts, Lennox Island and Abegweit First Nations in P.E.I. have cancelled their main plans for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30 and Treaty Day on Oct. 1.
But with people still struggling after a post-tropical storm, it just doesn’t make sense to hold events, Bernard said. “ to honour Orange T-Shirt Day, tomorrow . So, we’re going to continue with that, because there’s a meal involved in that, and we want to feed our people a nice hot meal and say, ‘Congratulations. You made it through the storm.’ And certainly to honour our survivors because we really don’t want to just skip it.”SaltWire also spoke with Junior Gould, chief of Abegweit First Nation, on Sept. 29.
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