Image: Huron County Courthouse
The County of Huron is lowering flags to half-mast, to honour children found in a mass grave at a former residential school in British Columbia.
The bodies of 215 were discovered last week in Kamloops.
“It is important that we honour Canada’s First People’s nationally, and at the local level,” said County of Huron Warden Glen McNeil.
“As we reflect, let this tragic event serve as a reminder that we must continue to be committed to Truth and Reconciliation as a nation, as well as in our own communities.”
The flags will remain at half-mast for 9 days – 215 hours – to represent each life.
The County of Huron acknowledges that the land we stand upon today is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Neutral peoples.