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Truth and Reconciliation

Tk’emlúps, City of Kamloops, TNRD unveil new downtown crosswalk honouring truth and reconciliation

May 20, 2022 | 3:59 PM

KAMLOOPS — Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS), the City of Kamloops and the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) have joined together for a new orange crosswalk in the city’s downtown.

The crosswalk was unveiled today (May 20) at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Victoria Street in front of the TNRD library building.

The joint venture is meant to honour and respect the anniversary of the confirmation of Le Estcwicwe´y (The Missing). This month marks a year since Tk’emlúps announced that ground-penetrating radar had confirmed the existence of hundreds of unmarked graves surrounding the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

TteS will be hosting a day-long memorial on May 23 at the the Powwow Arbour, set to begin at 5:00 a.m. with a sunrise ceremony and will continue with pipe carriers, jingle dress dancers, hand drummers and more throughout the day until 7:00 p.m.