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The first Throne Speech of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals on Dec. 4 was short on detail, but did promise an ambitious agenda regarding Canada’s First Nations.

Liberals’ Throne Speech highlights First Nations’ agenda

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OTTAWA - In addition to bringing 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada and contributing to COP21 climate change talks in Paris, the new Liberal government of Justin Trudeau is forging ahead on an ambitious agenda regarding First Nations

Lawrence Voaides, a master stone carver, next to the one-quarter scale model of his custom Pieta for St. Michael’s Cathedral during the cathedral’s recent open house

Inside the ‘hundred-year fix’

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TORONTO -  St. Michael’s Cathedral will soon be filled with Christmas worshippers but in the early days of Advent the empty church is in the care of artists and craftsmen whose skilled hands are restoring the cathedral to it former splendour.

Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald.

Truth has been told, reconciliation comes next

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TORONTO - The truth part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission process is done; now is the time for Canada to enter into reconciliation, said Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald.

Covenant House executive director Bruce Rivers, right, is thrilled the organization was recognized for being one of Canada’s best work cultures.

Covenant House recognized as one of Canada’s best working cultures

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TORONTO - Canada’s largest shelter for homeless youth has been recognized for having one of the best workplace cultures in the country.

Federal government seeks six-month extension to assisted suicide ruling

Federal government seeks six-month extension to assisted suicide ruling

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OTTAWA - The federal government is seeking a six-month extension on the Carter decision that had struck down sections of the Criminal Code against assisted suicide.

Bishop-designate Hector Vila, a native of Lima, Peru, will be taking over as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Whitehorse. Pope Francis made the announcement on Nov. 27. No date has been finalized for Vila to be ordained a bishop.

Bishop-designate Vila preparing for a whole new world in Canada’s north

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TORONTO - Growing up, Fr. Hector Vila never dreamed of visiting the Yukon. But now the Redemptoris Mater priest from Peru can’t stop thinking about making his first trip to northern Canada.

The private sponsorship of refugees fleeing wartorn Syria is well ahead of government sponsorship at the moment, though the federal government promises to step up the numbers of refugees resettled.

Churches ahead of government in resettling Syrian refugees

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The federal government has rewritten its timeline to bring 25,000 refugees to Canada this year and acknowledges that to resettle them here by the end of February is an enormous challenge.

Carl Hetu

Canadian aid to refugees expected to top $1 billion

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Another $100 million in federal government aid to Syrian refugees fleeing their nation’s civil war brings Canada’s spending on the refugee crisis so far to nearly $1 billion. But a dollar-for-dollar matching fund open until Dec. 31 with approved charities is certain to push Canada’s aid to the region well past that mark.

Carroll Woods of Ottawa was one of 25,000 who marched on Parliament Hill Nov. 29 calling for real action on climate change.

Thousands rally for a ‘Climate of Change’

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OTTAWA - A message was delivered loud and clear from parishes to Paris in a global wave of protests Nov. 29.

The Quebec Parliament is pictured in Quebec City in 2014.

Judge puts Quebec euthanasia law on hold

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MONTREAL - Quebec’s right to die legislation has been put on hold.  

Dr. Balfour Mount, the father of Canadian palliative care, said he was trained to kill the suffering, “not the person who is suffering.”

Medical aid in dying ‘a catastrophic idea’

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MONTREAL - After 30 years in palliative care medicine, Dr. Bernard Lapointe is adamant that regardless of what the law says he will never euthanize a patient. He is among thousands of law-abiding Quebec doctors who are facing some of the most difficult days of their professional careers as the province hurtles towards Dec. 10 and the legalization of euthanasia.

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