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Article content Thompson’s sight, compromised in his youth by the loss in his right eye, completely failed him by 1851, when he lost the sight of the left one. Although not a welcome situation, his complete blindness and years of misfortune did not diminish his belief in the ultimate goodness of Providence. Nor did it diminish the solace he found in wife Charlotte’s support and “unfailing care”. On further researching the life of David Thompson, your scribe discovered it was not daughte...

Author of the article: Beth Wilkins Publishing date: Apr 28, 2021  •  April 28, 2021  •  6 minute read  •  • Acc. No. 1972-26-735 Library and Archives Canada, C.W. Jeffreys illustration from The Picture Gallery of Canadian History Volume ll, p.148: The illustrations are of amateur artist Richard Dillon’s c.1808 drawing of Notre Dame in Montréal’s Place d’Armes and painter George Delfosse’s 1829 painting of the Old Church and the New. Photo by SUPPLIED Article conten...

Round Three Of Pandemic Relief Is Almost Done. Senate approves $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. The bill includes, among other provisions: $1,400 per-person payments for single filers making up to $75,000 and joint filers making up to $150,000, phasing out at $80,000 and $160,000; weekly additional jobless benefits of $300 through September 6 that will be partially tax-free. The bill also includes a temporarily expanded and newly-advanceable Child Tax Credit of up to $3,600 per child, ...

Legendary figure skating coach John Nicks coaches local skaters Tuesday, Jan. 26, at Stephen C. West Ice Arena in Breckenridge. Nicks has coached U.S. and Olympic medalists in 41 World Championships and nine winter Olympic Games. He is a member of the U.S. Figure Skating and World Figure Skating halls of fame Photo by Jenise Jensen / town of Breckenridge The town of Breckenridge was blessed with an unexpected and atypical sporting opportunity this week at Stephen C. West Ice Arena. World and U....

Mission -- look at him. before anybody else, the one guy in mission control who did not wait for the head of the descent team to declare, touchdown confirmed, mission accomplished. something that guy heard or saw on his screen made him get all excited just a few seconds earlier than everybody else in the room. dan amira of new york magazine first pointed this guy out to us today. but man pointing it out was not enough for us here at the show. we had to figure out who this guy was and what he kno...