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Exploring Theme: "Govt. Support for National Day"
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July 3, 2024
Manitoba Government Announces Orange Shirt Day Fund will Advance Reconciliation
NationTalk: The Manitoba government has created a new grant program, the Orange Shirt Day Fund, to support events and activities that encourage Manitobans to reflect on the impacts of the residential school system, Premier Wab Kinew, minister responsible for Indigenous Reconciliation, announced today. “I want every child and every family in Manitoba to have the...
November 27, 2023
Manitoba introduces bill to make Orange Shirt Day a stat holiday
Sept. 30 already a federal holiday CBC Indigenous: The Manitoba government introduced a bill in the legislature Monday to make Sept. 30 — the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — a statutory holiday. Giving workers under the province’s jurisdiction the day off would allow them to remember the impact of the residential school system...