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Manitoba businesses are trying to decide how best to mark Orange Shirt Day, now that the national day for reflection on the impacts of the residential school system will be observed as a statutory holiday in the province. The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, also referred to as Orange Shirt Day, has been a statutory holiday for federal workers since 2021. Last year, Manitoba passed legislation recognizing it as a statutory holiday for all workers in the province, though some Manitoba-based businesses and schools were already observing it..