OTTAWA —
Flags on federal buildings are flying at full-mast for the primary time for the reason that finish of Might.
The flags had been hoisted at sundown Sunday so that they could possibly be lowered once more at dawn on Monday for Indigenous Veterans Day.
The federal authorities introduced Friday its determination to boost the flags after talks with Indigenous teams.
They had been lowered in Might in honour of Indigenous youngsters who suffered and died at residential colleges.
The flags will probably be hoisted once more at sundown on Monday to allow them to be lowered on Remembrance Day to honour Canada’s veterans and struggle useless.
After Remembrance Day, the flags will fly at full-mast as soon as once more, however will probably be lowered for Nationwide Fact and Reconciliation Day each Sept. 30.
The flags had been lowered to half-mast on Might 30 after the discovering of what are believed to be a whole lot of unmarked graves at a former residential college website in Kamloops, B.C.
Weeks later, the Cowessess First Nation positioned greater than 700 unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential college in Saskatchewan.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Nov. 7, 2021.
