Heated Solidarity Day fun, but rides and firefighters kept it cool!
Heated Solidarity Day fun, but rides and firefighters kept it cool!

By Austin Evans Writer The heat warning wasn’t enough to stop Six Nations from showing off its community spirit on Solidarity Day. Residents from Six Nations and beyond made their way to the community centre at noon on June 21, going on rides, eating candy apples, and getting sprayed on by a firetruck. It was the community’s annual National Indigenous Peoples’ Day/Solidarity Day celebrations with SNEC putting on the event to bring everyone together and help them enjoy the sunny day despite the heat warning. “Today, it’s about bringing the community together, being able to share a meal with everyone, have some fun with the kids,” said event coordinator Leigh Thompson. “It’s also about staying cool, beating in the heat. We got the splash pad and Fire here doing checks

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