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The Pope's Visit to Canada

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This is the public apology for the role that the Catholic Church played in Canada’s residential school system during the Pope’s visit to the former site of the Ermineskin Indian Residential School in Maskwacis, AB.

Apology:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2490281&jwsource=cl

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'I've waited 50 years for this apology,' says residential school survivor on Pope's statement

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Reactions to Pope's historic apology to Canada's indigenous people

Reauters - Here are some reactions to Pope's apology.

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Pope's apology doesn't acknowledge church's role as 'co-author' of dark chapter:

Murray Sinclair Former senator Murray Sinclair was the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 2009 to 2015. He says the apology the Pope delivered Monday for the role Catholics played in Canada's residential school system was lacking. (Tyson Koschik/CBC)

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All Roads Home

All Roads Home



Over the course of his incredible career, Bryan Trottier set a new standard of hockey excellence. A seven-time Stanley Cup champion (four with the New York Islanders, two with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and one as an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche), Trottier won countless awards and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. In 2017, he was named one of the NHL's Top 100 Players of All Time.

Trottier grew up in Val Marie, Saskatchewan, the son of a Cree/Chippewa/Metis father and an Irish-Canadian mother. All Roads Home offers a poignant, funny, wise, and inspiring look at his coming of age, both on and off the ice. It is a unique memoir in which Trottier shares stories about family, friends, teammates, and coaches, the lessons that he has learned from them, and the profound impact they have had in shaping the person he has become.