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By Clint Fleury, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2013 In a first for the city, June 30 \u2014 the day before Canada Day \u2014 was declared Indigenous Survivors Day. Thunder Bay held a flag raising ceremony at City Hall and a sacred fire ceremony at Hillcrest Park. Tanis Thompson, the city\u2019s manager of Indigenous relations, told Newswatch that Thunder Bay isn\u2019t the only city across Canada to make June 30 Indigenous Survivors Day, but she is proud to join the movement. \u201cIt’s about formally acknowledging the lived experiences of survivors and the colonial oppression, systemic oppression that has happened not only historically but presently right now here today, even with our children who are in foster care right now,” Thpmson said. “It’s a very significant day when we… <\/p>\n

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By Clint Fleury, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY \u2013 In a first for the city, June 30 \u2014 the day before Canada Day \u2014 was declared Indigenous Survivors Day. Thunder Bay held a flag raising ceremony at City Hall and a sacred fire ceremony at Hillcrest Park. Tanis Thompson, the city\u2019s manager of Indigenous relations, told Newswatch that Thunder Bay isn\u2019t the only city across Canada to make June 30 Indigenous Survivors Day, but she is proud to join the movement. \u201cIt’s about formally acknowledging the lived experiences of survivors and the colonial oppression, systemic oppression that has happened not only historically but presently right now here today, even with our children who are in foster care right now,” Thpmson said. “It’s a very significant day when we... <\/p>\n

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