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OTTAWA - A growing group of Quebec physicians is rallying opposition to a plan to include euthanasia as part of health care under the euphemism “medical aid in dying.”

New VICS leader aims to spread the word

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Joyce de Gooijer is on the lookout. As the first lay director of the Volunteer International Christian Service (VICS), de Gooijer is eager to increase the organization’s recruits through improved public awareness.

Supreme Court's Whatcott decision disappoints religious freedom advocates

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OTTAWA - A Supreme Court of Canada decision in the case of William Whatcott has disappointed religious freedom and free-speech advocates.

NDP under fire for Evangelical attack

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OTTAWA - The NDP and its leader Thomas Mulcair are under fire for accusing Evangelicals of being anti-gay and opposed to Canadian values and Canadian law.

Section 13 repeal ‘not a done deal’

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Senate is next obstacle for end to anti-free speech clause in rights act

Hamilton gets a new auxiliary bishop

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HAMILTON, ONT. - Fr. Daniel Miehm has been appointed the new auxiliary bishop for the Hamilton diocese.

Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana announced the appointment by Pope Benedict XVI Feb. 20.

Ottawa professor chosen Canada’s ambassador for religious freedom

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Updated 02/22/13

With a nod to slain Pakistani cabinet minister Shahbaz Bhatti, Prime Minister Stephen Harper inaugurated the long-awaited Office of Religious Freedom by appointing a Catholic scholar and public servant as its first-ever ambassador.

Student action helps to feed the children

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When high school teachers want to show their students Christ’s work in action, they bring them to Canadian Food for Children, said Dr. Andrew Simone.

Loyola appeals to Supreme Court to settle religious freedom matter

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Montreal school challenges ERC ruling

OTTAWA - A private Montreal Catholic high school has asked the Supreme Court of Canada to settle whether religious freedom applies to religious institutions as well as to individuals.

Trent pro-lifers denied club status

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Trent University’s student union has denied club status to the pro-life student group Trent Lifeline.

One million pennies in one year for charity

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Don’t look now, but Mike Perron wants to get his hand in your penny jar.

By the time he’s done, he plans to have 2,500 kilograms of pennies. That’s one million coins, or $10,000, which Perron will give to charity.