It was a little cold today but had some sunny moments. I walked 5.5 kilometers on a large loop in my city of New Westminster, BC.
Today was a statutory holiday in Canada as the 30th of September is the Day of Truth and Reconciliation. It is a time to remember the terrible wrongs done in the name of the government and the church to the First Nations' people of Canada. It was policy to grab the children from homes and send them off, often at a long distance, to a residential school. Many children were abused and an estimated 6000 kids died while attending them. Over the past few years, this has become the day to focus on learning the history of the situation and work on ways to rectify the lasting and continuing consequences.