Ontario Vincentians have sent more than their sympathy to citizens of Lac Mégantic, Que.

OTTAWA - REAL Women of Canada does not support persecution of homosexuals, despite what has been written in a media firestorm responding to the organization's Aug. 7 news release accusing Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird of abuse of office for funding homosexual activism overseas.

MONTREAL - As an emotional debate rages in Quebec over Bill 52 and the legalization of euthanasia, a Montreal church is slowly but surely being turned into a palliative care centre.

TORONTO - Organizers of 40 Days for Life in Toronto are appealing for help so that the upcoming campaign doesn’t end up being cancelled like this past spring’s event.

TORONTO - As the cash-strapped Toronto Transit Commission continues to wrestle with its future, there was no sign during a recent tour of St. Michael’s Cemetery that TTC founder George Washington Kiely is rolling in his grave.

TORONTO - International Christian Voice Canada will be celebrating Pakistan's National Minorities Day in Brampton, Ont., this Sunday.

TORONTO - In Toronto and around the world people commemorated the 68th anniversary of the first nuclear weapons ever used against a civilian population — the atom bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945.

OTTAWA - Bishop Charles Valois, Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, died on Aug. 4 at the age of 89.

I spent two weeks in June in the Republic of Congo representing the Canadian Religious Conference as part of a five-person delegation called The Women of Courage. The delegation’s name was deeply inspiring and humbling.

While many Canadians will start a relaxing long weekend on Aug. 30, Marilyn Korzekwa will dive into the waters of the Pacific Ocean to begin her swim across California’s Catalina Channel in support of the Good Shepherd Centre in Hamilton, Ont.