Today is Treaty Day in Nova Scotia. The Treaty of 1752 states that the first day of October of every year shall be set aside to renew their friendship with the Crown. This is why Treaty Day in Nova Scotia is October 1st because everything was agreed to in these is still relevant.
As a symbol of awareness to honour & remember all Indigenous children who never made it home from residential schools, their families & survivors, & in the spirit of reconciliation, peace & hope, please join #SRCE students & staff by wearing orange tomorrow, Wed., Sept. 29, 2021.
With permission from original artist, Whitney Gould, Miss Sylliboy and her students recreated “They Found Us” a memorial to the many Residential School children who never returned home.
It takes courage to talk to someone about what’s on your mind. Indigenous people can connect with an Indigenous volunteer crisis responder, when available, by messaging FIRST NATIONS, INUIT or METIS to 686868 for young people and 741741 for adults. https://t.co/giR6FfJjfa
Premier Iain Rankin and Dr. Robert Strang will provide a #COVID19NS update today at 3 p.m., available on Facebook Live, YouTube and at https://t.co/MsTOQ7V2y5.
COVID-19 is in NS. We know what we need to do to protect our home and slow the spread.
Make no mistake, this is a fight - but no one is in this fight alone. We’re all in this together. All 960,000 of us.
Together we have the power to turn the tide: https://t.co/nEw03nEwhK.
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We are so fortunate to have original stories by Mi’kmaw Elders to help share Mi’kmaw teachings and traditions in all our elementary schools❤️ #wearealltreatypeople#treatyeducation
Today at noon, as part of my post-cabinet press conference, I will make an announcement regarding easing more restrictions around #COVID19NS. It will be live-streamed on the @nsgov Facebook page: https://t.co/bQWsn4X9Yh
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