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The Vatican formally announced Friday a visit by Pope Francis to Canada from July 24 to 29. 

The Pope will make three main stops, in Edmonton, Quebec City and Iqaluit, during the last week of July. 

CBC News previously reported the three cities were under strong consideration for the papal visit.

More locations near the sites and specific itinerary details will be released six to eight weeks prior to the papal visit, according to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB).

Planning is underway for the Pope to visit the Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage grounds, a designated national historic site located about 75 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, and possibly Ermineskin Cree Nation, about 100 kilometres south of Edmonton.

The pontiff initially announced his plan to visit Canada during a meeting on April 1 with First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates, who travelled to the Vatican to meet him.

Pope Francis also offered an initial apology for the actions of individual Roman Catholic Church members in Canada’s residential schools. 

Pope Francis hands a gift to Rosemary Lundrigan of the Inuit delegation at the Vatican on April 1. (Vatican Media via Reuters)

The delegates, who travelled to Rome, want the Pope to issue an apology in Canada for the role the Roman Catholic Church played in operating the majority of residential schools, which would fulfil Call to Action 58 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

“You have brought here to Rome a living sense of your communities,” the Pope told delegates on April 1. “I will be happy to benefit again from meeting you when I visit your native lands, where your families live.”

In a statement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed the papal visit, which is expected to include a formal apology in Canada for the church’s role in operating residential schools. 

“This would be an important — and necessary — step for the Roman Catholic Church to continue engaging in dialogue with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis in order to advance meaningful reconciliation for Indigenous Peoples in our country,” Trudeau said.

In 2017, Trudeau travelled to the Vatican to appeal for an apology from Pope Francis. At the time, the CCCB said the Pope can’t personally apologize for residential schools.

Lebanon trip postponed

Earlier this week, the Pope postponed his trip to Lebanon scheduled for next month because of health issues. 

The 85-year-old has a chronic nerve condition called sciatica, which causes pain from his lower back down to his legs. 

He walks with a pronounced limp and has difficulty using stairs, so accessibility is a key factor for any site he visits in Canada.

“Given the Holy Father’s advanced age and the size of Canada, we know that the visit will take place in a targeted group of communities,” a spokesperson for the CCCB previously told CBC. 

Pope Francis arrives in a wheelchair to attend an audience with nuns and religious superiors in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on May 5. The Pope suffers from strained ligaments in his right knee and recently revealed he had undergone some injections to relieve the pain, though it wasn’t clear what the procedure entailed. (Alessandra Tarantino/The Associated Press)

Before the Pope travels to Rome, he visits South Sudan with the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Justin Welby issued a residential school apology in Canada last month on behalf of the Church of England and worldwide Anglican Church.

“I will have an opportunity to discuss with him what I learned,” Welby said.

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New Hampshire court hears cases on transgender girls playing girls sports and the right to protest

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two lawsuits about transgender girl athletes — one challenging a state ban at schools and the other on the right to protest transgender athletes’ participation on girls teams — were the subject of hearings in federal court in New Hampshire on Thursday.

The first case is about two transgender teen girls, one who played soccer on the girls team this fall and another who plans to participate on the track team this winter.

A federal judge ruled earlier this year that the teens can try out for and play on girls school sports teams. The order only applies to those two individuals for now as they seek to overturn the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act on behalf of all transgender girl students in New Hampshire.

Lawyers for the teens said in court Thursday they hoped the matter could go to trial and be resolved before the start of the next school year in September. They said the teens’ school districts and others in the state have asked for guidance regarding the law. Lawyers for the state said they needed more time to prepare.

Judge Talesha Saint-Marc suggested the timing of the trial was ambitious and asked that both sides talk further about scheduling.

The law, signed by Gov. Chris Sununu in July, bans transgender athletes in grades 5 to 12 from teams that align with their gender identity. It requires schools to designate all teams as either girls, boys or coed, with eligibility determined based on students’ birth certificates “or other evidence.”

Sununu had said it “ensures fairness and safety in women’s sports by maintaining integrity and competitive balance in athletic competitions.” About half of states have adopted similar measures.

In the second case Thursday, a judge was expected to hear from school district officials in Bow defending their decision to bar parents from wearing pink wristbands with “XX” — representing the female chromosomes — at a girls high school soccer game in September. The parents sued the district.

Parker Tirrell, one of the transgender girls challenging the state ban on participation, was playing on the opposing team that day.

The district issued no-trespass orders banning two parents from school grounds because they wore the wristbands. Those orders have since expired.

The judge also was expected to hear from the parents, who say their First Amendment rights were violated. They have requested a court order against the school district.

“Although the fall soccer season has ended, plaintiffs intend to continue wearing their wristbands at other school extracurricular events — such as swim meets and cross country meets — during this school year and in future school years,” the parents said in a court document.

School district officials said they acted appropriately.

The district “properly exercised its duty to protect Parker Tirrell from intimidation and harassment during the game,” it said in a court document.

It also said it issued reasonable sanctions against the two parents “for conduct they knew violated the school’s policies governing athletic events.”

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Under-20 coach Cindy Tye named interim coach for upcoming Canada senior friendlies

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Canadian under-20 coach Cindy Tye will serve as interim coach for Canada’s upcoming women’s friendlies against Iceland and South Korea.

Canada Soccer has said head coach Bev Priestman will not be returning in the wake of the recent independent report into the Olympic drone-spying scandal. Priestman, assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joey Lombardi are currently serving one-year suspensions from FIFA, with Lombardi having already resigned his Canada Soccer position.

Tye a former Canadian international who doubles as associate athletic director and women’s head coach at Dalhousie University, will be joined by returning assistant coach Neil Wood. The rest of the staff consists of Katie Collar (interim assistant coach), Jen Herst (incumbent goalkeeper and set play coach) and Maryse Bard-Martel (interim performance analyst).

Canada Soccer said assistant coach Andy Spence, who ran the team during the Olympics and last month’s 1-1 draw with third-ranked Spain, is “unavailable for this camp and is scheduled to return for the next FIFA window.”

Spence has not talked to the media since the Olympics.

Former Canadian international Diana Matheson, now chief growth officer of the new Northern Super League, and Collar, head coach of Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite, were added to the staff for the game against Spain and served as the team’s spokeswomen with the media.

The sixth-ranked Canadian women will face No. 13 Iceland on Nov. 29 and No. 19 South Korea on Dec. 3, with both games at the Pinatar Arena in Murcia, Spain.

The 23-player squad features some of Tye’s under-20 charges, including North Carolina State University defender Janet Okeke and SMU forward Nyah Rose who receive their first senior call-ups 

Okeke, an 18-year-old from Laval, Que., and Rose, a 19-year-old from Markham, Ont., both represented Canada at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in September in Colombia. Jade Rose, Nyah’s older sister, has already won 26 senior caps but the 21-year-old Harvard University defender misses the Spain trip through injury. 

There are also second call-ups for 18-year-old midfielder Jeneva Hernandez Gray from the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls elite team and 28-year-old defender Megan Reid from the NWSL’s Angel City.

The FIFA window, which runs Nov. 25 to Dec. 3, marks Canada’s final camp of the year, with North American-based players entering their off-season and European-based players returning to club competition. 

Canada has played Iceland twice before, both at the Algarve Cup, with the teams playing to a scoreless draw in February 2019 and Canada winning 1-0 in March 2016.

The Canadian women are 7-1-1 all-time against South Korea and are unbeaten in their last five meetings. The teams drew 0-0 last time they met, in June 2022 in Toronto.

The roster announced Thursday has an average age of 23.

Kadeisha Buchanan, Sydney Collins, Cloé Lacasse and Quinn are also unavailable due to injury with Chelsea’s Buchanan the latest to go down, injuring her anterior cruciate ligament with England’s Chelsea. Canada Soccer said Seattle Reign forward Jordyn Huitema was unavailable due to personal reasons. 

Earlier this month Nyah Rose was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference’s third-all-star team, the first Mustang in program history to earn All-ACC honours. 

Rose led the American Athletic Conference with 11 goals as a freshman before SMU moved to the ACC.

She scored five goals in 11 games last season, missing five matches early due to international duty with the Canadian U-20 team. Rose scored Canada’s first tournament goal against France in a 3-3 draw and had seven shots on goal in the 9-0 rout of Fiji.

Earlier this year, Rose was one of only three sophomores named to the 44-player 2024 Hermann Trophy Watch List. The MAC Hermann Trophy honours the top NCAA soccer player.

There is another Rose on the team — Leicester City forward Deanne Rose, no relation.

Okeke played in 11 games for North Carolina State this season.

Hernandez Gray was also part of the Canadian team at the U-20 World Cup in Colombia and led the Whitecaps Girls Elite side at the inaugural CONCACAF W Champions Cup. 

Reid, a California native whose mother was born in Canada, gave up soccer after playing at the University of Virginia to pursue a career as a paramedic. She then returned to the sport, joining the NWSL’s Angel City for the 2022 pre-season as a non-roster invitee.

She was rewarded in January with a new contract that runs through 2025. Reid’s play also earned her an invitation in February to Canada’s camp in San Antonio ahead of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup.

 

Canada Roster

Goalkeepers: Sabrina D’Angelo, Aston Villa (England); Lysianne Proulx, Juventus (Italy); Kailen Sheridan, San Diego Wave (NWLS).

Defenders: Gabrielle Carle, Washington Spirit (NWSL); Vanessa Gilles, Olympique Lyonnais (France); Ashley Lawrence, Chelsea (England); Janet Okeke, North Carolina State (NCAA); Megan Reid, Angel City (NWSL); Jayde Riviere, Manchester United (England); Shelina Zadorsky, West Ham (England).

Midfielders: Marie-Yasmine Alidou, Benfica (Portugal); Simi Awujo, Manchester United (England); Jessie Fleming, Portland Thorns (NWSL); Julia Grosso, Chicago Red Stars (NWSL); Jeneva Hernandez Gray, Vancouver Whitecaps; Emma Regan, HB Køge (Denmark). 

Forwards: Janine Beckie, Racing Louisville (NWSL); Adriana Leon, Aston Villa (England); Nichelle Prince, Kansas City Current (NWSL); Deanne Rose, Leicester City (NWSL); Nyah Rose, Southern Methodist University (NCAA); Olivia Smith, Liverpool (England); Evelyne Viens, AS Roma (Italy). 

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 21, 2024.



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Toronto woman, 30, charged in death of her four-month-old baby: police

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TORONTO – A Toronto woman has been charged in the death of her four-month-old after the child was reported missing on Wednesday.

Toronto police allege the father reported the baby was missing shortly before 11:30 a.m. at a residential building in the city’s midtown.

They say officers responded to the scene, found the infant and made attempts to save the child’s life.

They say the baby was rushed to hospital and pronounced dead.

Police say the mother, 30, has been charged with failure to provide the necessities of life. 

They say she was scheduled to appear in a Toronto bail court on Thursday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 21, 2024. 

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