The City of Edmonton will commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with events, flags and orange lighting of landmarks on Tuesday.

Flags outside the City Hall will be flown at half-mast, and the Survivors Flag – created by residential school survivors after the discoveries of unmarked graves in 2021 to honour the lives and communities — will be displayed.

City Hall and other notable landmarks like the Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton Tower, Muttart Conservatory, High Level Bridge, among others, will be lit in orange.

City Manager Eddie Robar said in a statement, “As City employees, we commit to being active listeners, advocates, partners and connectors in our work to build deeper relationships and foster kinship with Indigenous communities.”

On Sunday, over 700 people pa

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