A public memorial honouring former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools, Murray Sinclair, is set to take place in Winnipeg on Sunday. The event, which is being organized by the federal and Manitoba governments, will be at Canada Life Centre, home of the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets. Sinclair died Monday in a Winnipeg hospital at the age of 73. A teepee and a sacred fire were set up outside the Manitoba legislature for people to pay their respects hours after news of his death became public. The province has said it will remain open to the public until Sinclair’s funeral. Sinclair’s family continues to invite people to visit the sacred fire and offer tobacco. The family thanked the public for sharing words of love…
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