Events were held across Alberta on Sunday marking Red Dress Day to honour the memory of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
A woman holds a sign at an event marking Red Dress Day in Edmonton on May 5, 2024. Survivors and families gathered at the “Field of Red Ribbons” – located on the corner of Memorial Drive and Centre Street.“We put up all these dresses and all the ribbons on the trees, and they all represent our people that are missing and murdered,” Sterling Green, a co-organizer of the event, said.
Judith Gale, the leader of the Bear Claw Beaver Hills House, an Indigenous-led community organization in Edmonton, said all Indigenous people share a similar story and lived experience. Gale said she was walking to remember her sister, who was murdered in Montreal when she was 16 years old.Calgary Top StoriesCanada's largest charity walk helping fund mental health support for children, youthLawsuit against Meta asks if Facebook users have right to control their feeds using external toolsA 15-year old boy who was critically injured after a stabbing in Nepean on Thursday has died of his injuries, Ottawa's English public school board said Sunday.
The bell at Erle Rivers High School in Milk River, Alta., will ring for the last time on June 26, as the 114-year-old school is scheduled to be torn down to make way for a new K-12 school.Dash cam catches moment suspected drunk driver hits parked car, sends it careening into North Shore flower shop An Ontario family says they are 'reeling' in 'profound grief' after losing their three-month-old son and parents visiting from India in a wrong-way crash on Highway 401 in Whitby last Monday.
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