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By Derek Howard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, MidlandToday.ca A 2025 commemoration for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was held at the Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre in Midland Tuesday with roughly 100 attendees listening to Sixties Scoop survivors’ stories. Ernie Sandy of Beausoleil First Nation spoke at length on what the elements of truth and reconciliation were in the context of the day. \u201cI have enjoyed teaching for the past 40 years,\u201d said Sandy, \u201cbut it gives me great strength that I had the words, the knowledge, I\u2019ve lived with racism, with bigotry \u2013 and through that, that\u2019s how I rose to walk tall. \u2018If it is to be, it\u2019s up to me.\u2019 This is what truth and reconciliation is all about. \u201cThe truth is what happened; the… <\/p>\n

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By Derek Howard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, MidlandToday.ca A 2025 commemoration for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was held at the Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre in Midland Tuesday with roughly 100 attendees listening to Sixties Scoop survivors’ stories. Ernie Sandy of Beausoleil First Nation spoke at length on what the elements of truth and reconciliation were in the context of the day. \u201cI have enjoyed teaching for the past 40 years,\u201d said Sandy, \u201cbut it gives me great strength that I had the words, the knowledge, I\u2019ve lived with racism, with bigotry \u2013 and through that, that\u2019s how I rose to walk tall. \u2018If it is to be, it\u2019s up to me.\u2019 This is what truth and reconciliation is all about. \u201cThe truth is what happened; the... <\/p>\n

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