Canada: Pope Francis to hold public mass, participate in annual Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage

Edmonton (Alberta)/IBNS: Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium is expected to fill with tens of thousands of people, including Indigenous groups, residential and day school survivors, elders, knowledge keepers, and Catholics to listen to Pope Francis’ address during the roughly hour-long mass.

Canada: Pope Francis in Alberta to deliver apology for residential school abuses

Edmonton/IBNS: Aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous people for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in residential schools, Pope Francis reportedly landed Sunday in Edmonton in his six-day penitential trip to Canada.

Canada: Ontario to expand early years programs for Indigenous children

Ottawa, Feb 18 (IBNS): Ontario is expanding early years programs for First Nation, Métis and Inuit children and their families living in urban and rural areas across the province by investing in more child care spaces, media reports said.