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General expressions of sorrow can be important, but they are no substitute for seeking forgiveness

A meeting between Pope Francis and a delegation of Canadian Indigenous people at the Vatican is being planned and expected before the end of the year....

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says it plans to send the delegation to the Vatican before the end of the year, after delaying the trip due to COVID-19 restrictions.

A delegation of Indigenous people from Canada will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican before the end of the year, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said. The delegation will include repr...

Ontario First Nation to mark Canada Day as ‘day of mourning’ Daina Goldfinger © Provided by Global News A memorial is pictured at the Eternal flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in recognition of discovery of childrens remains at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Keewaywin First Nation in northern Ontario will no longer recognize Canada Day as a celebration and will instead mark it as a "d...

/CNW/ - Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) is committed to supporting Indigenous communities in their response to COVID-19 and is working closely with Indigenous...

The news follows the May 30 announcement by the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation of the discovery of 215 bodies buried on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, British Columbia.

Staff Writer memara@fortfrances.com All flags have been lowered at the Civic Centre in the Town of Fort Frances since Monday in respect and memory of the children whose bodies were found buried at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. The discovery was made on Thursday when Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation said in a statement that with the help of ground penetrating radar specialist, the stark truth of the preliminary findings came to light. This was the confirma...

An abandoned Kamloops graveyard of children remind us of how little has been done even to begin the work on truth and reconciliation.

The final report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada had a section on missing children and unmarked burials, 273 pages in length. It states: “Many, if not most, of several . . .