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MASKWACIS — For minutes Pope Francis sat in his wheelchair, staring at hand-painted crosses marking graves. A helicopter whirled in the grey sky in the distance. Camera shutters clicked. Otherwise, there was silence.

Pope Francis is on a six-day tour of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. Here are the latest developments on his stops today in Alberta (all times are MST): 5:10 p.m.

SASKATOON — The University of Saskatchewan says it is introducing a new policy that leaves verifying Indigenous identity up to those communities and their governments.

HAINES, Alaska (AP) — More than a year and half after the Haines landslides, organizations, both local and out-of-state, are still helping to repair damage from the dozens of landslides that occurred around the borough.

SASKATOON — The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is asking for help from the public in locating an Indigenous woman and her son.

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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis began a historic visit to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Native communities an

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EDMONTON — Now that Pope Francis has arrived in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and is expected to beg forgiveness for Catholic-run residential schools, a team of translators is dedicated to making sure no words are lost for those receiving the apology.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ trip to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ to apologize for the horrors of church-run Indigenous residential schools marks a radical rethink of the Catholic Church’s missionary legacy, spurred on by the first pope from the Americas and the disc