A Women’s Memorial March was held in Campbell River Tuesday, Feb. 14 to commemorate and honour murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls.
A group of 30 or more people gathered at Laichiltach Family Life Society on Fourth Ave. to drum and sing before setting off on a route that went down Dogwood Street and back.
In 1992, the first Women’s Memorial March was held in response to a woman’s murder on Powell Street in Vancouver and has grown to embrace all women in the province of British Columbia.
In Victoria, B.C. Premier David Eby said in a statement, “Today is a day of remembrance to honour family, friends, survivors and loved ones. Today is also a call to action for all British Columbians to end violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQ+ people.”
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