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The changes in the attestation are a welcome relief to Alberta’s Camp Oselia run by the Ukrainian Catholic Eparcy of Edmonton. “This is exciting. I’m excited about the fact that it’s opened up,” said Millie Schietzsch, the eparchy’s director of youth ministry. The camp relies on the Canada Summer Jobs program to subsidize wages for four to five summer employees who work as camp staff. This year they were only able to hire one.

Changes to controversial Canada Summer Jobs attestation get mixed reviews

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OTTAWA – Following months of protest and the launch of several court challenges, the federal government has dropped the so-called “values test” from the application for Canada Summer Jobs funding, but many faith groups remain uneasy about new wording.

Entrance of St. Joseph Elementary Junior High School in Calgary 2015. A former principal from 2015-2017 of the school has filed has filed two human rights complaints charging that the school district refused her employment on the grounds of marital status, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation.

Calgary Catholic School Board faces anti-LGBT discrimination lawsuit from former principal

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CALGARY – Amid continuing legal pressure against Catholic institutions in Canada, the Calgary Catholic School District faces a lawsuit from a former principal who has said she was pushed out due to discrimination on religious, marital, and anti-LGBT grounds.
A French-speaking Oblate in the mid-1900s and Fr. Raymond de Coccola with sled dogs (left).

Vancouver archdiocese archives share photos of intrepid French-speaking Oblate

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VANCOUVER – Fr. Raymond de Coccola, OMI had no idea how to ice fish, fire a gun or ride a dogsled when he arrived in a 1930s Inuit community in present-day Nunavut.

Hairdresser Alexandre Legere shows off the before and after for Glenn, a homeless man who was gettting his first haircut in more than a year.

B.C. hairdresser trims away at poverty

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VANCOUVER – “You will look like a new man!” 

UAlberta Pro-Life is challenging a $17,500 security fee for future events, assessed by the University of Alberta, in court.

UAlberta Pro-Life punished for doing things right

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EDMONTON – A University of Alberta pro-life group says its right to freedom of expression has been violated by the imposition of a $17,500 security fee to stage events on campus.

Employment Minister Patty Hajdu announced the changes to the program in interviews to selected media published Dec. 6.

Government changing Canada Summer Jobs attestation in wake of controversy

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OTTAWA – Canada’s Liberal government will change the controversial pro-abortion attestation on its Canada Summer Jobs applications for 2019, but some pro-life advocates are not impressed.

Fran Lucas national president-elect of the Catholic Women's League; Cathy Bouchard resolutions chairperson and Anne-Marie Gorman, national president on the Hill Nov. 26-28.

Catholic Women's League sees hope for change with jobs attestation, palliative care

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OTTAWA – Changes may be coming to the controversial Canada Summer Jobs attestation requirement, concluded a delegation from the Catholic Women’s League after a series of meetings on Parliament Hill.

Obianuju Ekeocha, founder and president of Culture of Life Africa, in Ottawa in 2016, left, and Matthew Wojciechowski, project manager and UN expert at Campaign Life Coalition.

Abortion provider gets $8 million from Canada, banned in two African nations

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OTTAWA – Pro-life advocates are outraged following an announcement that Canada will grant $8 million to Marie Stopes International (MSI), the world’s largest abortion and abortifacient drug provider which is under investigation in two African nations for illegal activity.

Recreational marijuana use is contrary to Catholic teaching, British Columbia, Yukon bishops say

Recreational marijuana use is contrary to Catholic teaching, British Columbia, Yukon bishops say

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The Catholic bishops of British Columbia and the Yukon have issued a pastoral statement on legalized marijuana that endorses medical cannabis but stresses that recreational use is contrary to Catholic moral teaching.

Above, Emily Meehan paints a winter theme for Vittoria Russo at St. Patrick’s Parish.

Families mix a blend of party and parish to prepare for Christmas

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As Christmas becomes more and more commercialized, parents like Robin Bredin are looking to the local parish for opportunities to show his children that Jesus is at the core of the celebration. 

Supporters of single-gender schools have given the schools a vote of confidence in the wake of the assault scandal at St. Michael’s.

Educators stand up for single-gender schools

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The scandal that has erupted at Toronto’s St. Michael’s College School involving bullying and assault allegations has prompted suggestions that a “toxic masculinity” at the all-boys’ school played a role in incidents that have resulted in eight expulsions, six students facing serious charges and one student suspended. It’s also led to some calls to abolish single-sex schools.

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