City of Courtenay observes Red Dress Day with walk down Fifth Street

City of Courtenay observes Red Dress Day with walk down Fifth Street

Residents of the Comox Valley took to the streets of Courtenay on May 5. At around 2:30 p.m., a group of people left the Florence Filberg Centre to march up 5th Street in memory of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Red Dress Day is an event that takes place on May 5 annually in memory of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls across Canada in 2010. May 5 is the birthday of Lisa Marie Young. Young, a member of the …