City lowers flags in memory and honour of Kamloops residential school victims

To recognize and honour the memory of 215 children whose remains have been found buried at the site of a former Kamloops residential school in Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation Territory, flags at all City-owned facilities, including the Reconciliation Flag, will lower to half-mast beginning today. Flags will remain half-mast until Thursday, June 3.

“We are lowering our flags to honour these children and also the thousands of other children who died at residential schools across Canada, many right here in Saskatchewan,” says Mayor Charlie Clark. “The impact of residential schools on generations of Indigenous people, Survivors and their families continues to be felt across the entire country. We must all come together in the spirit of reconciliation, action and hope.”

City Council will also observe one minute of silence to honour all residential school victims at its meeting Monday, May 31.

To honour those children lost in Kamloops, the 4,000 children who are still missing and their families, the City encourages Saskatoon residents, along with City Council and all City employees, to wear Orange on Monday, May 31 because every child matters.