Vandals paint racial slur on Port Alberni’s ‘Orange Bridge’ hours after reconciliation walk
Hours after 1,000 people walked across Port Alberni’s ‘Orange Bridge’ to honour residential school survivors, passing a newly painted sign proclaiming “every child matters,” the sign was vandalized with a racial slur.
Tseshaht representatives learned at about 10 p.m. Friday that the barricade on the east side of the bridge had been vandalized, and that a racial slur had been painted over part of the “every child matters” slogan. Tseshaht elected Chief Councillor Ken Watts said prior to Friday’s walk and gathering this has been an emotional week for the nation and its members. The prevous Friday was the final day of phase one of scanning for gravesites at the former site of Alberni Indian Residential School, or AIRS, which was on Tseshaht land. Survivors, students, community members and Mainroad Contracting came out on Tuesday to paint aspects of the bridge orange.
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