September 30 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
As a stat holiday in BC, banks, schools and government agencies are closed.
The library is closed, and there is no bus service.
In Campbell River, there is usually a ceremony and activities happening at Spirit Square on this day.
The schedule has been announced:
Schedule of Events:
11:00 am – Opening prayer, remembrance walk, Spirit Square
11:30 am – Eagle down spreading, welcome song, sitting of the Survivors, Chiefs/Nations and special guests
11:45 am – Mourning song, keynote: Why Orange Shirt Day, Truth and Reconciliation
12:30 pm – Lunch served
12:45 pm – Honouring the Survivors
1:30 pm – Traditional dances
2:00 pm – Speeches and closing
2:30 pm – Tidemark Theatre: stories told by Residential School Survivors
Free
