SYDNEY, N.S. — Despite the rain, the Wentworth Park bandshell in Sydney became a place of solace and remembrance on Thursday evening. Hundreds of people, ...
—a cherished member of the Eskasoni and Sydney communities whose life was tragically cut short at age 21.on Monday morning at the base of an embankment on Harrison Avenue in Sydney.
"She told me I should do this for the community, so I started organizing it," said Christmas."This shouldn't have to happen, but it does too often."The vigil started with drumming, singing and speeches by friends and community leaders before marching down Argyle Street and up Harrison Avenue to pay respect near where Eleanor's body was found Monday morning.
Hundreds of people gather at Wentworth Park in Sydney to honour the memory of Eleanor Young—a cherished member of the Eskasoni and Sydney communities whose life was tragically cut short at age 21. Eleanor was discovered lifeless on Monday morning at the base of an embankment on Harrison Avenue in Sydney. MITCHELL FERGUSON/CAPE BRETON POST - Mitchell FergusonEmotional doesn't begin to describe the feeling of the vigil.
Eleanor was a frequent visitor to the Jane Paul Indigenous Women's Resource Centre in Sydney, a non-profit organization that provides services and support to Indigenous women and girls living in Sydney. That's where she befriended Rita Sylliboy. Sylliboy says she will miss the support the two friends offered each other.
"To the federal government, this is going to keep happening. We are going to keep having to hold vigils. We shouldn't, but our supports aren't funded enough," said Marshall.
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