MLA Rice shares thoughts on Saturday's Galloway Rapids Totem Pole raising with members of BC Legislature Wednesday

The impact on community of Saturday's Totem Pole raising at Galloway Rapids was relayed to the BC Legislature on Wednesday, that as North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice used her time in the Comments portion of the Wednesday afternoon session to recount some of the moments of the weekend.

The ceremony Saturday was organized by local volunteers with assistance of the Indian Residential School Survivors Society,  the Totem Pole recognizes and commemorates those survivors and their families, as well as the missing and murdered Women and Girls and 2 Spirit people in the province.

"This pole is not only commemorating and honouring lives lost and still missing, but it is sending a clear message to all of us. No more stolen sisters. 

The pole was carved in great detail and care by artist Mike Dangeli and his team. It stands ten feet tall and is a sister pole to one near Kitsumkalum, which was also raised for the same reasons.

Following the pole raising, a feast was held at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre, where local cultural traditions, food and speeches were shared." -- North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice

Ms. Rice used her time to also note of the work done towards improving communication options along the Highway 16 corridor

A look back at Saturday's Galloway Rapids ceremony can be reviewed here.

More notes on the work of the MLA in the Legislature can be explored here.