Mayoral Proclamation: Purple Thursday, October 17, 2024 WHEREAS the Canadian Royal Purple recognizes the intersection of Acquired Brain Injury and the incidence of interpersonal violence, which affects as many as one in three women in Canada; WHEREAS the third Thursday of October each year will be declared as a special day of connection between the Canadian Royal Purple, our communities, and women’s shelters across Canada to end violence; WHEREAS the Canadian Royal Purple has adopted brain injury awareness and prevention as their official cause; and WHEREAS Lac La Biche Royal Purple Lodge #309 is a valuable community asset. THEREFORE, be it resolved that I, Mayor Paul Reutov of Lac La Biche County, do hereby proclaim October 17, 2024, Purple Thursday in Lac La Biche County to commemorate the Canadian Royal Purple’s work to end interpersonal violence.
