The annual Spirit of Syilx Unity Run, which started at the Kamloops Indian Residential School is making its way to the Penticton Indian Band monument for survivors of the residential school system on Sunday afternoon.

A contingent of RCMP vehicles with their lights on are protecting the runners heading south along Highway 97, making their way from Peachland, Summerland and now to Penticton around 3:30 p.m.

Several youth and adults can be seen running along side the highway and have been part of the three-day journey that had stops in Pritchard, Chase, Falkland, Kelowna, and Peachland, to name a few.

It was Syilx youth that first started the movement in 2008, which now hosts hundreds of runners each year.

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They are running in-person from June 3 to 5 from the Kamloops Residential School to the Penticton Okanagan Nation Residential School Survivor Memorial monument where the run will end. The monument香蕉视频直播檚 name is Bringing Our Children Home. This year is to trace the journey that the ancestors made and to honour the children.

If you would like to make a donation to this important cause or find out more about the Unity Run,