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Every night about 3,500 women, accompanied by nearly 3,000 children, sleep in shelters for abused women. Another 300 are turned away on any given night.

Mass to End Women Abuse sends strong message, CFS Toronto says

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About one-third of the work at Catholic Family Services of Toronto starts with a woman who has been abused.

Canada is “not where we need to be” in offering quality palliative care, says St. Elizabeth Health Care chief clinical executive Nancy Lefebre.

Canada falls short in palliative care access

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A grim picture of Canadians dying amid the noise and bustle of hospital acute care wards, unable to access quality palliative care, emerges from the first-ever comprehensive, national assessment of palliative care by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

HCDSB students participate in the school board's annual Walk with Jesus walk. The “Sanctity of Life” policy excluded 70 charities from a list of about 100 the school community regularly supports, including Sick Kids Hospital, the Canadian Cancer Society, Me to We and the Terry Fox Run.

Halton trustees reject ‘Sanctity of Life’ fund-raising policy

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The Halton Catholic school board’s controversial “Sanctity of Life” policy will not be implemented, meaning students can raise funds for whichever charity they choose.

Mont D'Youville orphanage in Quebec.

Class action request aimed at Quebec nuns for orphanage physical, sexual abuse

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QUEBEC CITY – The Sisters of Charity of Quebec said they were "surprised" and "troubled" by allegations that children who once stayed at the Mont d'Youville orphanage in Quebec City were sexually abused not only by lay educators but also by nuns.
Cannabis has been a reality in Canadian schools for a long time.

Marijuana still out of bounds for youth after legalization, but still an issue for schools

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All things considered, when the initial haze of marijuana smoke clears on Oct. 17 things are expected to be just as they were the day before in schools around Canada. But that doesn’t mean educators will be complacent.

Cardinal Thomas Collins presides at 2018 ordination Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto.

Seminarians look for light during dark times of abuse crisis

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Hayden Straczala had just finished a fruitful year in parish internship when news broke of a Pennsylvania report that identified 1,000 victims who were sexually abused by Catholic priests. As more stories began to come out in Chile, Germany and other parts of the world, it weighed heavily on him as he returned to his academic studies in St. Augustine’s Seminary in Toronto. 

On Oct. 6, Jordan Hunt, 26, was charged with eight counts of assault and seven counts of mischief for the alleged kick and for allegedly scribbling on the clothing and signs of the demonstrators, and tearing a ribbon off Campaign Life Coalition’s youth co-ordinator Marie-Claire Bissonnette’s clothing.

MP launches petition against violence after assaults at LifeChain pro-life demonstrations

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OTTAWA – Conservative MP Garnet Genuis has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to condemn political violence after news of several incidences of assault against pro-life demonstrators.
CCCB president bishop Lionel Gendron presents a new sexual abuse document in an introduction YouTube video.

Positive reviews for Canadian bishops’ sex abuse document, but hard work is ahead

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OTTAWA - The Canadian Catholic bishops’ new sexual abuse document released Oct. 4 sets the right tone, say observers, but now the hard work of implementation begins.
L'Arche community members present their work at an art show.

L’Arche ready to build a new beginning in Burnaby

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VANCOUVER – A community built around love for people with developmental disabilities is undergoing ground-breaking changes.

Len Rhodes, president of the Edmonton Eskimos, speaks at the Edmonton Catholic Social Services general meeting Sept. 17.

Edmonton football team president shares painful past

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EDMONTON – The mission of Catholic Social Services is to care for and lift up the most vulnerable among us.

The document was adopted unanimously Sept. 27 at the annual plenary meeting of the bishops and establishes national standards which every bishop has pledged to implement in their diocese.

Sex abuse document from Canada’s bishops focuses on victims, urges accountability and transparency

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OTTAWA – Canada’s Catholic bishops’ have released a new document on sexual abuse that calls for accountability, transparency, prevention and healing as first steps to repair the considerable damage inflicted on the Church and society by decades of priestly abuse and coverups by bishops.

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