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Red Dress Day walks to take place in Bancroft, Pembroke  

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Many Canadians will be wearing red on Friday, May 5, to mark Red Dress Day, in honour of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.  

That includes people in communities north and south of Barry’s Bay.

The Kijicho Manito Madaouskarini Algonquin First Nation and the Algonquin Inodewiziwin Centre are holding a walk and event at Bancroft’s Millennium Park.  

Participants are asked to gather at the North Hastings Children’s Services Parking lot on Hastings Heritage Way at 9:45 a.m. They’ll start the walk at 10 a.m. and travel to the park, via Station and Hastings streets.  

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At the park, participants will drum, sing and offer tobacco to water to honour those who have been lost.  

A walk is also taking place in Pembroke at 6 p.m. Friday. Participants are gathering at the Metro on Pembroke Street East and will walk to Dulux paints.  

Red Shirt Day raises awareness of the fact that a disproportionate number of women in missing and murder cases in Canada are Indigenous.  

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