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By David Briggs, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, BayToday.ca Hundreds gathered today at the Kiwanis Bandshell in North Bay to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by taking part in the second annual Every Child Matters Walk. The walk began at Lee Park at 10 a.m. and participants walked along the lakeshore to the bandstand, where there were speeches from event organizers, local politicians, and residential school survivors. Judy Couchie, a member of Nipissing First Nation, is one of those survivors. \u201cI was a survivor at Shingwauk Residential School, in Sault Ste. Marie. Now it\u2019s Algoma University. The front part was the residential school,\u201d Couchie explained. \u201cAn Indian Agent had me in his office, when I was about 12 or 13,\u201d Couchie recalled. \u201cAnd he told me that I was… <\/p>\n

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By David Briggs, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, BayToday.ca Hundreds gathered today at the Kiwanis Bandshell in North Bay to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by taking part in the second annual Every Child Matters Walk. The walk began at Lee Park at 10 a.m. and participants walked along the lakeshore to the bandstand, where there were speeches from event organizers, local politicians, and residential school survivors. Judy Couchie, a member of Nipissing First Nation, is one of those survivors. \u201cI was a survivor at Shingwauk Residential School, in Sault Ste. Marie. Now it\u2019s Algoma University. The front part was the residential school,\u201d Couchie explained. \u201cAn Indian Agent had me in his office, when I was about 12 or 13,\u201d Couchie recalled. \u201cAnd he told me that I was... <\/p>\n

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