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News/Canada

Religion a factor in more than a third of hate crimes

Religion a factor in more than a third of hate crimes

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The number of hate crimes motivated by religion are down, according to the latest statistics, but that doesn’t bring much comfort to those who are targeted.

Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall.

MP’s bill targets sex-selection abortion

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OTTAWA -- Sex-selection abortion is “antithetical to our commitment to equality” and should be banned, said a Conservative MP as she introduced a private member’s bill that targets health workers who knowingly abort a fetus because it is a girl.

Government given more time to change law

Government given more time to change law

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OTTAWA -- The federal government’s request for a four-month extension to comply with a Quebec court ruling that struck down a key element of Canada’s legal suicide regulations has been granted.

Jean Vanier’s name has been attached to schools, books and institutions across Canada and the world.

Cutting Vanier ties a daunting task

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The fall from grace of Jean Vanier is leaving school boards, universities, publishers and even his beloved L’Arche organization in a bind.

Delta Hospice Society is looking at legal and other options after the B.C. government announced it may take over the facility following the hospice’s refusal to allow assisted suicide on site.

Assisted suicide policies under fire

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Two Canadian palliative care hospice centres thousands of kilometres apart are standing firm against pressure to start providing medically-induced deaths at their facilities.

Fr. John Perdue launches a surprise at a teammate and an unsuspecting audience during a charity game in Mattawa, Ont.

Knights earn an assist for Flying Fathers

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The Flying Fathers’ goal of playing and praying for a better world is getting a much-needed boost from the Knights of Columbus.

The Vatican Apostolic Archives, left, will be getting more scholarly visits this year. After decades of anticipation, the Vatican is opening its archives on the World War II pontificate of Pope Pius XII. Robert Ventresca, right, a leading scholar on the Holocaust, will be one of the scholars from Canada making a visit.

Historian ready for long archive journey

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Getting an early look at the full archive of the wartime papacy of Pius XII is more than a passing interest for King’s University College historian Robert Ventresca.

Live models were making a point about how young women are turned into products for the sex trade in this storefront display on Queen Street West in Toronto on Feb. 22.

‘Shoppable Girls’ spreading the word

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What’s a teenage girl worth? About $280,000 per year in income for sex traffickers, according to Covenant House research.

Asia Bibi, pictured in Paris Feb. 26, 2020, is seeking political asylum in France less than a year after fleeing Pakistan for the safety of Canada. The Catholic woman spent nearly a decade on death row after she was falsely accused of blasphemy.

Asia Bibi seeks political asylum in France

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MANCHESTER, England -- Asia Bibi is seeking political asylum in France less than a year after fleeing her native Pakistan for the safety of Canada.

Solidarity banner leads thousands through downtown Toronto on Feb. 22 in a show of support for the Indigenous people protesting a B.C. gas pipeline.

Toronto protest sends message of solidarity

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Thousands of people who marched through downtown Toronto to Nathan Phillips Square Feb. 22 were not just protesting — they were making a spiritual response to Canada’s history of colonialism, said participant Liz Stone.

Delta Hospice Society is looking at legal and other options after the B.C. government announced it may take over the facility over the hospice’s refusal to allow assisted suicide on site.

B.C. Delta hospice losing government funding over assisted suicide

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VANCOUVER -- Delta Hospice Society president Angelina Ireland is “shocked and outraged” that the B.C. government will pull all funding from the hospice by 2021 because it doesn’t offer assisted suicide.

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