National Day of Mourning honoured in N.S. [Video]

Dozens of people across Nova Scotia came together at Province House on Sunday for National Day of Mourning, an annual day that remembers those who have died of or were injured because of a workplace accident.

Friends, family and other community members gathered for the ceremony. Among them was Nicole Beck-Maceachern, the daughter of a man who lost his life to a work-related incident in 2004.

“The impact is far-reaching” said Beck-Maceachern in her speech during the ceremony. “It’s not just the day of the month of the year. You know, 20 years in and it’s still affecting my life.”

Beck-Maceachern said her father Ronald William Beck was taken from a senseless workplace incident that could have been prevented.

“Over the next couple of days people came and went but the pain never did. I tried my best to stay strong for my mom and my sister and they did the same for …