JORGE MARIA PONTIAC JUNE 1, 2021
Flags across the Pontiac are flying at half-mast at the request of Warden Jane Toller after the discovery of a mass grave at a former residential school in Kamloops, BC . . .
A press release sent June 1, 2021 by the MRC Pontiac stated: “In order to honour the 215 children whose remains were recently found at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, BC,” flags across the 18 municipalities of the MRC will be lowered to half-mast for 215 hours. One hour for every victim.
“Today we honour these children along with the many other Indigenous children who never made it home, the survivors, and their families,” the release stated.
The MRC Pontiac Regional Council of Mayors will sit on June 16 to pass a resolution, the contents of which will be discussed at the next plenary meeting on June 9.
It is expected that the mayors “will submit a formal request that all former residential school sites be thoroughly searched.”
In an interview with The Equity, Warden Jane Toller said, “It’s a question of respect to those who live here. And those who are connected to others in other parts of Canada who are affected by residential schools.
“And I think that the death of any child, let alone the number … This is a travesty.”
