This afternoon the Northwest Metis Council in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police held a Family Violence Initiative Nature Walk at the Northgate Trail System south of Dauphin.
The event was a way for the council, the RCMP, and their partners in Gender-Based Violence to get important information out to the public about the resources that are available for anyone who's dealing with any of the different forms of family violence.
During the event, there were guest speakers including Elders Anne Shuttleworth, Jim Fleming, and Eldon Campbell from the community along with Constable Gamache from the RCMP and Ruby Chartrand from Gender-Based Violence.
Throughout the afternoon they also had musical performances by Eldon Campbell and Edward Klyne with their fiddles and Owen Anderson with his guitar along with a performance by members of the D-Town Junior Steppers. The afternoon wrapped up with a performance by Chris and Clifton Flett from the Chris Barker Band.
This was the first walk put on by the Metis Council and Council Vice President Frances Chartrand had this to say about the event
It's just an exciting day and I'm so happy with the turnout. We had over 100 people coming through here all day on such a beautiful day.
Chartrand said the Council plans on holding more of these events throughout the summer and the fall.
