Olympian honoured with headdress

By Canadian Press The first Blood Tribe member to qualify for the Olympics was reconized for his achievements with a Headdress Transfer on Monday. Apollo Hess was named to the Paris 2024 Canadian Olympic team after placing second in the men’s 2024 Olympic swimming trials in Toronto. Hess says that he always had a feeling that he would make it to the world stage one day. “I always kinda knew that being a world class athlete was was my calling and I didn’t always know what the path was to get there,” said Hess. Hess was active in just about every sport imaginable from a young age, whether it be football, hockey, soccer and of course swimming. Becomming a world class athlete was not an easy feet for him. In…

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