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Walking for residential school awareness
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From left, Jorge Hookimawβllillerre, Christopher Paulmartin and Patrick Etherington Jr. make their way down Arthur Street West in Thunder Bay June 1. The three are part of a group called the Truth and Reconciliation Walkers who have been walking from Cochrane, Ont. since May 15 to the TRCβs national event in Winnipeg, which takes place June 16-19. See story on page 7.
Free Wasaya flights for TRC meeting Rick Garrick Wawatay News
Wasaya Airways LP, Perimeter Aviation and Greyhound Canada are offering free return tickets for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada National Event June 16-19 in Winnipeg. βWasaya, through Tom Morris and through our Board of Directors recognized the importance of the event and we certainly wish to participate in an event that is important to the members of the communities we serve,β said Dean Woloschuk, Wasaya Airwayβs director of marketing and customer service. He said Wasaya will be providing one free return flight to each of the 22 First Nations communities it serves in northwestern Ontario. In addition, the
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TRC is matching Wasayaβs free return flight with another free return flight per community. βThey (TRC) have requested that we assist them with a fare at cost,β Woloschuk said. βSo we will be providing that.β Wasaya is also providing a convention or conference rate to other members of the communities it serves who want to travel to the National Event. Perimeter Aviation is providing 50 free return flights to the communities it serves in Manitoba and Ontario, which includes Sandy Lake, Pikangikum and Sachigo, and Greyhound Canada is providing 600 free return tickets to the National Event. βMany survivors do not have the resources to get to Winnipeg for the National Event,β said Tom McMahon, executive director of the TRC. βWe are trying our best to organize whatever assistance we can organize.β The TRC was not funded to provide travel and accommodations for survivors at national events. βWe are working hard with Aboriginal organizations, with corporations,
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transportation companies and others, with provincial and municipal governments, with churches to try to put together whatever assistance we are able to put together to allow some survivors to get to Winnipeg for the National Event,β McMahon said. McMahon encourages other transportation companies besides Wasaya, Perimeter Aviation and Greyhound Canada to help transport survivors to the National Event. βWe sure would appreciate if any other transportation company would identify itself to help with transportation to the Winnipeg National Event,β McMahon said, adding that the TRC is also looking for volunteers and donations for the event. βThere is no limit to how people can become engaged with helping survivors attend the National Event.β The TRC is holding the National Event to bring together Canadians, survivors and their families, former school staff and others affected by the Indian Residential Schools (IRS) experience. see MUSICIANS page 17
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