09/30/2026
When you live and work in small towns, community is not an abstract word. It is the faces you pass on the sidewalk, the people who sit beside you in arena stands, and the neighbours who help shovel your drive after a heavy snow.
Today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, our Bannister family stands with our Indigenous neighbours, friends, and families. Wearing orange is a simple outward gesture, but the deeper responsibility lives in teaching our children the real history of the land we share, listening when survivors speak, and choosing compassion over convenience.
Every day we are reminded that every child matters. Today we pause to hold that truth close.
We encourage you to join a local walk or gathering today, or spend time reading stories told directly by survivors and elders in our area.