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Six Things The Media Got Wrong About The Graves

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When it comes to the coverage of graves identified near residential schools in three First Nations communities, the legacy media in Canada has done a...

Distorted History

Letters to the editor

The Editor: I just finished reading ICN Summer of 2022, and as a teacher, I have to thank you for including the article on the...

Genocide Understood

Letters to the editor

The Editor: After the Pope’s visit to Canada, I am left with something I find troubling. The term ‘genocide’ seemed to bubble up in the...

The Brandt Oyster River Hermitage Society – Our Ongoing Achievements and Plans

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The Brandt Hermitage and the Brandt Oyster River Hermitage Society (BORHS) is evolving, slowly though surely. The forest and hermitage land transfer is still a...

Laudato Si’ Action Plan

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[I have abbreviated Laudato si' to LS in the following] The Season of Creation 2022 makes me wonder where is my local plan? Does your...

Pope Francis is Right. The Catholic Church Can’t Go Backwards

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During his press conference on the plane returning to Rome from Canada, Pope Francis made a remark about so-called traditionalists that rankled some conservative Catholics...

Chance

Poetry

When I arrived in Denendeh, my first posting was Rádel1 Kóé (Fort Good Hope). Years later, I went to visit the K’áhshot1ne there. In front...

Reaction to Pope’s Edmonton Stadium Liturgy

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A number of you have asked me what my reaction was to today’s Papal Mass. In many ways, I found it very puzzling. The absence...

The Papal Tour — Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

Opinion

Oh where have you been my blue eyed son Where have you been my darling young one I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty...

We Get Mail – Thoughts on the Pope’s Visit

Letters to the editor

I saw this pilgrimage as a dialogue between many people. I am still reeling from all the voices I heard. I found the experience somewhat...