Autumn has arrived and the leaves are in the process of turning from green to bright colours that sometimes compete with the sunshine to light the day.
On September 30th we honoured our First Nations, Métis and Inuit family and shared their pain arising out of Residential Schools, systemic racism and general disregard for these first peoples on the land that white people call Canada.
Our October Newsletter is ready for you in many businesses throughout the Boundary and on line at http://www.boundarypeaceinitiative.org. We thank you for your ongoing support.
I urge all to take note of a request from a group of Doukhobor survivors of survivors of the Residential School in New Denver, B.C. during the 1950s. For information go the Face Book Page Doukhobors in Canada by typing in New Denver Doukhobor Residential School or email lostvoicesofnewdenver.gmail or contact Laura at l4peace@telus.net or by phone at 250-444-0524 or 250-442-0434. This is an issue of many layers and just like our First Nations, Métis and Inuit the children suffered and their children suffer and our community suffers. They need your help to ensure that empty words of apology are not all that happens from Government.