The flags outside North Grenville’s Municipal Centre have been lowered to remember people who were hurt or killed in the workplace.
The municipality lowered the flags to commemorate the National Day of Mourning.
Flags have been lowered an all federal government buildings across Canada.
“We all long for a day when no Canadian worker leaves for work only to never return,” Mayor Nancy Peckford says in a statement issued online.
“In North Grenville,” she continues, “in addition to remembering lives lost and injured, this day is an opportunity to remind employees and employers – across all sectors – to work together to ensure safe workplaces.”
Also called “Worker’s Mourning Day,” the observance was first held in 1991, to honour people who were died or injured on the job and their families. It’s been held every year on April 28th since.