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Eligibility criteria for employers seeking government grants under the Canada Summer Jobs program for youth is still discriminatory despite modifications to previous requirements, say Christian groups.
Renfrew board upholds Josh Alexander’s suspension
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterA panel of three Renfrew County Catholic District School Board (RCCDSB) trustees rejected the appeal of Josh Alexander, the high school student suspended for alleged bullying by stating in a class discussion that God created only two genders, male and female.
Halifax verifying claims for abuse settlement
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe deadline to submit a claim of sexual abuse against the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Halifax and the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of the Yarmouth has now passed.
Trafficking down, but stats don’t tell whole story: report
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThere were 528 incidents of human trafficking reported to police in 2022, a slight decrease from the 555 cases recorded in 2021, according to Statistics Canada. Taking this data at face value, this means the rate of human trafficking in 2022 decreased to 1.4 incidents per 100,000 people from 1.5 the year before.
Mission church on Alberta First Nation destroyed by fire
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe RCMP’s Wood Buffalo detachment in Alberta is investigating a fire that devastated the former St. Gabriel Catholic Mission Church Dec. 15 in Janvier, a hamlet neighbouring the Chipewyan Prairie First Nation.
Rorate Caeli Mass celebrates the Virgin for Advent
By Anna FarrowThese are dark days, and we are battle weary. There are a multitude of wars raging, geo-political, cultural, ecclesiastical, domestic and physical, and the northern winter has us scuttling like burrowing animals, seeking out light and warmth.
Development and Peace joins Cardinal’s call for Gaza peace
By Susan KorahHoly Land Catholic leaders have appealed for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Canadian support in dealing with the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe.
Liberals consider pausing MAiD expansion to mentally ill
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterFederal Justice Minister Arif Virani said Dec. 13 that the Liberals are contemplating pausing plans to broaden the eligibility of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to individuals solely with a mental illness beginning March 17. Cabinet will weigh the feedback offered by a joint parliamentary committee, medical professionals and other stakeholders.
Toronto Archdiocese to fund eight reconciliation projects
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Archdiocese of Toronto is allotting more than $2.7 million to fund eight projects to support the ongoing journey of healing and reconciliation with Canada’s First Nation, Inuit and Métis people.
Chaplaincies embrace bishops’ youth evangelization plan
By Joshua Ben Joseph, Catholic Register SpecialCatholic chaplaincies across Toronto are looking at ways to incorporate the Canadian bishops’ new template for youth evangelization into their campus work.
For Rudy Fernandes, it’s a ‘Merry Christmas’
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterRudy Fernandes will not back down.
A longtime member of Cristo Rei Parish in Mississauga, Ont., Fernandes and his wife Maureen have implored hundreds of politicians, mainly in the Greater Toronto Area, via letters for almost a dozen years to reassert “Merry Christmas” as the de facto holiday season greeting in the public square.