Hundreds made a march from Lee Park to the Kiwanis Bandshell at the North Bay Waterfront on Tuesday morning. It was made to mark National Truth and Reconciliation Day.

For former Nipissing First Nation Chief Scott McLeod, who in 2024 was appointed Chiefs of the Lake Huron region of the Anishinabek Nation to advocate for their First Nations, this day presents some hard truths for Canadians.

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“It is a day of reflection; it is a day of celebration; it is a day of awareness and education. I love coming out to these things, and I think they serve a really good purpose, but we have to take it a step further,” says McLeod.

“We have created an event that non-Indigenous people take part in and feel somewhat cleansed of any guilt that they have toward the system that created th

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