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Belling ringing from
M
ay 31 to June 21
Is there any more wonderful
sound than the bell of a Church
being rung? The bell is rung to
call people to worship, to wel-
come the newly baptized, to
announce the newly married
and to mark occasions of com-
munity celebration or mourn-
ing. For those who have died,
the bell is tolled.
In remembrance of murdered
and missing Aboriginal women in
Canada, the National Indigenous
Anglican Bishop Mark McDonald
and The Primate of the Anglican
Church of Canada, The Most Rev.
Fred Hiltz are calling for a special
ringing of church bells across the
country for 22 days from May 31—
which marks the beginning of the
final national event of Canada's
Truth and Reconciliation Com-
mission in Ottawa—to June 21, the
National Aboriginal Day of Prayer.
To ring the bells is, first and
foremost, an act of remem-
brance. Since 1980, 1017 Abo-
riginal women and girls have
been murdered and 105 have
been classified by the RCMP as
missing under suspicious
circumstances.
To ring the bells is to pray for
their families. For some, there has
been some consolation in receiv-
ing the body of their daughter, sis-
ter or mother, to hold it with love
and bury it with dignity. For oth-
ers, there has never been, and
may never be, an opportunity for
such closure. They live in the
anguish of a hope continually
pierced by despair.
To ring the bells is to call
attention to this national trag-
edy and a trend that shows no
sign of reversal.
According to the 2014 federal
government report, Invisible
Women: A Call to Action, "Abo-
riginal women and girls are
among the most vulnerable in
Canadian society. They are three
times more likely to be the target
of violent attacks than non -Abo-
riginal women and girls:'
Many Aboriginal women and
girls are trafficked and exploited
through the sex trade. To ring
the bells is to break what is
essentially "a silence" about
this tragedy.
To ring the bells is to honour
the demand for a national
inquiry.
To ring the bells is to stand in
solidarity with Indigenous com-
munities in their cries for
increased policing, protection
and emergency health care ser-
vices, for increased provision for
safe houses and programs for
counselling.
The churches of the Anglican
Parish of the Holy Spirit, St.
Paul's in Clinton and St. Thomas
in Seaforth will be ringing our
church bells at midday for the
22 days to remember these 1122
murdered or missing Aboriginal
women to date. If you are inter-
ested in learning more about
this Canada -wide event please
visit the website 22days.ca
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BLUEWATER
SPECIAL MEETING OF BLUEWATER COUNCIL
TO DISCUSS THE REVEIW OF THE
BLUEWATER OFFICIAL PLAN
TAKE NOTE that the Council of the Municipality of Bluewater will hold
a Special Meeting under section 26 of the Planning Act to discuss
revisions that may be required to the Bluewater Official Plan.
SPECIAL MEETING will be held:
Monday July 6, 2015 at 7 p.m.
Council Chambers, Stanley Complex,
38594B Mill Road (west of Varna on County Road 3)
BE ADVISED that the Bluewater Official Plan was adopted in 2005
and is now being reviewed. The review will consider comments from
the public, council, and agencies as well as provincial requirements.
ANY PERSON may attend the Special Meeting of Council and/or
make written or verbal representation about what revisions may be
required.
Dated at the Municipality of Bluewater this 22nd day of May, 2015.
Clerk, Corporation of the Municipality of Bluewater
14 Mill Street, Box 250, Zurich, ON NOM 2T0
Phone: 519.236.4351 OPlancomment@town.bluewater.on.ca