While many celebrated the long weekend across the province, others were in mourning.
Nearly a dozen members of Victoria Women in Black gathered at the Inner Harbour on Monday afternoon to hold a vigil for the 129,000 victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, which occurred 72 years ago last weekend.
Down at the Inner Harbour this morning, this group of women are having a vigil for victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The group held the demonstration both to commemorate the victims and to pressure the federal government to join the other 122 UN countries in signing a treaty banning nuclear weapons in September.
Terry Wolfwood is a member of the group she says is part of a world-wide movement opposing war and violence.
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Wolfwood and other members of the group drew messages on the sidewalk hoping to draw attention to their cause.
They are drawing chalk on the ground, hoping to garner support. They want govt to sign UN treaty against nuclear weapons
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Jane Bracken, another member of the group, said she also supports this weapons ban.
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The UN treaty will be open for signatures next month at the annual general assembly in New York.
