Lheidli T’enneh Flag To Be Raised at City Hall
Prince George, B.C. – The City of Prince George is holding a ceremony this morning to mark the permanent inclusion of the Lheidli T’enneh flag on the flagpoles in front of City Hall.
Mayor Lyn Hall and members of Council, Lheidli T’enneh Chief Dominic Frederick and B.C. Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation John Rustad will be on hand for the 9 a.m. ceremony and the public is invited to attend. Those dignitaries will be heading to the National Aboriginal, Inuit and Metis Day celebrations beginning at 10 am and will take part in the renaming of Fort George Park to Lheidli T’enneh Memorial Park.
Prior to that a walk will head out at 9 a.m. from the Connaught Youth Centre (Ron Brent Elementary) at 17th and Victoria and will be police escorted to the Bandshell at the park. The walk will involve several aboriginal groups and organizations including the Native Friendship Centre, Carrier-Sekani Tribal Services, UNBC, Exploration Place, BC Children and Families, Native Court Workers of BC, Success By Six, Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council, Lheidli T’enneh, Province of BC, several elders groups and other participants.
National Aboriginal, Inuit and Metis Heritage Day festivities will conclude at the park at 3:15pm.
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lol
lol is right
Such pessimists… Just go enjoy the beautiful day we’ll be having before the heat spell kicks in next week
hey din’t ya know it
socredible’s a poet!
I apologise for that. I really came to this site to ask if anyone else noticed there isn’t any commenting on any story on the CBC site?
Please ignore my last post – I just got in to a CBC story now.
Two thumbs up, may the Lheidli T’enneh flag fly strong in the winds of change, along side the city, province and our country’s flags!
Just another day in Prince George.. A nice day.. Name change of park will be old news by next week.. We can smile and move on.. Lheidli T’enneh have been recognized as former land owners of area.. And will ask for nothing more in recognization of the past…right? It’s still named Prince George so really not much has changed at all
Wonder if the next target is the name of Prince George?
Probably if the great Krause had his way Prince George will soon be known as “Lheidli Tenneh Nation”. That change will also be done by City Council without consultation with the PG Taxpayers. Oh my, I still have to pay my city taxes. Uhhh.
Good idea seamutt . How about Progressiveton or Acceptanceville or Equalityburg .
Or perhaps Toleranceton . I can’t decide which new name best describes PG . The nastiest one I’ve ever heard was Pigs Gorge . I thought that one was totally unfair . Anyone know how many places in the world are called Prince George ?
I see socredible’s poem is gone. I guess it wasn’t poetically correct.
Anyway for Prince George’s new name I would vote for Canfortown (Canforton?) or maybe Jimmyville. (:
Or how about Harpervalley ?
good day to raise a flag on the most confusing day of the year on the reserves.
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