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Yellowknife Canada Day parade cancelled

The Canada Day parade, which had been set to take place by the Rotary Club of Yellowknife, has been cancelled out of respect for the Indigenous community.
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The annual Canada Day parade, a decades-long feature of the nationSA国际影视传媒檚 birthday on July 1, was cancelled on June 26 by the Rotary Club of Yellowknife. NNSL file photo

The Canada Day parade, which had been set to take place by the Rotary Club of Yellowknife, has been cancelled out of respect for the Indigenous community.

The service club put out a news release on June 26 stating that the planned July 1 event no longer meets its Rotary Guiding Principles due to recent discoveries of unmarked graves at former Indian residential schools.

SA国际影视传媒淭he Four-Way Test is one of Rotary InternationalSA国际影视传媒檚 Guiding Principles, serving as a foundation for our relationships with each other and the action we take in the world,SA国际影视传媒 explained Wayne Guy, club president.

SA国际影视传媒淲hen we started planning this yearSA国际影视传媒檚 parade many months ago, our primary concern was COVID-19. But the tragic discovery of unmarked graves in recent weeks at former residential schools in B.C. and Saskatchewan has changed the meaning of July 1 this year for many.SA国际影视传媒





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