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I m Kristin Scharkey, features editor for The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, wishing you a happy Friday and sincere apologies for missing our Thursday edition. The news cycle never sleeps! We re still here : Palm Springs historic gay bars see light at the end of the tunnel. Despite more than a year of pandemic-related closures, many of the bars located in the Southern California destination are open again.
The city has long been one of the most popular LGBTQ destinations in the country. These bars are more than just drinking places, Rob Giesecke, owner of Chill Bar Palm Springs, told Desert Sun reporter Amanda Ulrich. This is where the community comes together.”
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Shirley Soosay from Samson Cree Nation was identified by her niece, Violet Soosay, and the work done by the DNA Doe Project.(Kern County Sheriff s Office/YouTube)
Violet Soosay never gave up the search for her aunt from Samson Cree Nation.
For almost 40 years, she travelled from Alberta
to Vancouver and Seattle, the last known places her aunt Shirley Soosay had been.
She visited hospitals, hostels, and cemeteries while on work trips in hopes of finding anything about her aunt s whereabouts. We always hit dead ends, said Soosay, an instructor of history, linguistics and Indigenous art at Maskwacis Cultural College in Maskwacis, Alta., 100 kilometres south of Edmonton.
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