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Bastion Lighting Calendar

Bastion Lighting Colour Orange on September 30, 2025 for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

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Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process.

Requesting a Bastion Lighting event

If your organization or cause would like to have the Bastion lit, please visit our Bastion Lighting Requests page.

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Administrative Assistant to Mayor & Council
250-755-4400
mayor.council@nanaimo.ca
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