Born to Christine Cridland and Tristen Badiuk, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Grayson weighing 7 lbs 2 oz on July 11, 2022 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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Pope Francis delivered on Monday an apology for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools, saying many Christians supported the colonization of Indigenous people. He made the remarks at the former site of the Ermineskin Indian Residential School in community of Maskwacis, south of Edmonton. Here is some of […]
The Watten Fish Fry made a return to an in-person sit-down dinner this past weekend, but with a change of venues. They were on hand Saturday after final weigh-ins to feed the masses under the big tent at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The Fish Fry is a long-standing […]
Pope Francis has apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in traumatic legacy of residential schools during a visit to Maskwacis, Alta. The following is the official translation of the speech, which he delivered in Spanish. Madam Governor General, Mr. Prime Minister, Dear Indigenous peoples of Maskwacis and of this land […]
Andrea Horwath, who helmed Ontario’s NDP for more than a decade before stepping down last month, announced a plan Tuesday to run for mayor in her hometown of Hamilton. Horwath said she thought long and hard about her decision to run and will be leaving her provincial seat to run […]
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MOSCOW (AP) – Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country’s new space chief said Tuesday amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting in Ukraine. Yuri Borisov, appointed this month to lead the […]
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LOUISIANA, Liberia (AP) – Liberia is celebrating two major anniversaries this year – 200 years ago freed slaves from the U.S. arrived here and 25 years later they declared the country to be independent. Amid the festivities for Independence Day on Tuesday, many Liberians say the West African country’s promise […]







