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Ontario backs off doctors' conscience rights court battle

Ontario backs off doctors' conscience rights court battle

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OTTAWA – Ontario doctors who are suing the Ontario physicians’ college over conscience rights received good news Nov. 8 when the province of Ontario dropped its intervention on behalf of the college.

Deacons Rollie Comeau, left, and Leo Farley host a weekly talk radio show called Deacon’s Corner, every Wednesday on Maskwacis’ Hawk Radio FM 89.1.

Deacons' radio show takes on tough subjects in First Nations community

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EDMONTON – Two Catholic deacons from central Alberta take to the airwaves each week, sharing their faith, strength and hope on a radio talk show broadcast from a small station in Maskwacis, a First Nations community south of Edmonton.

Fr. Pat Cosgrove, founder and president of Chalice.

Chalice lets Canadian Catholics build personal connections with those in need

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People around the world are poor for a lot of different reasons. 

Vincentians raising profile in battle against poverty

Vincentians raising profile in battle against poverty

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When Pope Francis initiated the World Day of the Poor to be marked on the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time — Nov. 18 this year — it was easy for people to see this targeted at the familiar pictures that are all too real of Third World poverty.

Over the decades, Bouchard — deaf due to an illness at a young age — became a “pillar” of St. Mark’s Catholic Community for the Deaf.

Real Bouchard, a ‘pillar’ for deaf in Edmonton, dies at age 92

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EDMONTON – Standing at the entrance to St. Angela’s Church with a smile on his face, Real Bouchard was one of the first people who welcomed John Shores and his family to the deaf Catholic community in Edmonton many years ago. 

Class of 2017 procession of YCDSB’s Jean Vanier Catholic High School in Richmond Hill.

Great Expectations: Ontario English Catholic boards at head of grad class

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For those who doubt the value of a separate Catholic education system in Ontario, they need look no further than Ministry of Education numbers to see that Catholic schools outperform their public counterparts in producing high school graduates.

The Canadian National Vimy Ridge Memorial is seen in northern France. The names of more than 11,000 who fought during World War I are commemorated on this memorial. On Nov. 11, many Canadian churches will ring their bells 100 times to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the war.

Quebec churches ring bells to commemorate 100th anniversary of end of WWI

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QUEBEC CITY – Churches of the Archdiocese of Sherbrooke will join those of other churches across Canada and ring their bells 100 times Nov. 11 to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
In his speech at the 39th annual Cardinal's Dinner in Toronto, Collins called Catholic health care a “bright light of hope in this valley of tears.”

Catholic health care a sign of hope in ‘valley of tears,’ said Cardinal Collins

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The “cold shadow” of euthanasia is spreading, warns Cardinal Thomas Collins.

St. Paul's Basilica is one of the Catholic churches participating in Bells of Peace at the Archdiocese of Toronto. St. Roch’s, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Helen, and St. Cecilia will also be ringing their bells to mark the anniversary.

Bells of Peace will ring to mark 100th anniversary of the end of WWI

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Churches of all denominations across Canada are being asked to participate in the Royal Canadian Legion’s Bells of Peace at sunset on Remembrance Day, Nov. 11.

Sonja Csik with her mom Timea and her award-winning poster.

Student’s Remembrance Day poster given a royal reception

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This Remembrance Day will almost certainly be unforgettable for an 11-year-old Thornhill, Ont., student — in more ways than one. 

Fr. John Mullins, airport chaplain at Toronto's Pearson International Airport likes to walk around the terminals, keeping a watchful eye. Duffering-Peel Catholic School Board superintendent Tilia Cruz superintendent Tilia Cruz wants the board’s educators to be on the frontlines of identifying potential victims in schools.

Airport chaplaincy, Catholic school boards work with police to stop human trafficking

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After celebrating daily Mass at Terminals 1 and 3, airport chaplain Fr. John Mullins likes to walk around Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, praying the rosary and keeping a watchful eye. 

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