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Daria Prodan, left, fled Odessa, Ukraine, once the missiles started landing in her hometown, moving outside the city into a small rural town, then on to Romania and finally for the past month in Owen Sound, Ont. Prodan was among the special guests at the Hamilton Helps Ukraine event May 5 in Hamilton, Ont. Guests demonstrating their support for Ukraine were treated to Ukrainian music as part of the event.

More than a quarter of Canadians have donated to Ukraine war relief

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Daria Prodan has been in Canada a month since she fled Odessa, Ukraine, for Bucharest, Romania, and then made her way to a new normal in Owen Sound, Ont., but her English is great. In an interview the confident 23-year-old chooses her words carefully, but rarely hesitates — until she’s asked about the Russkiy Mir (Greater Russia) concept driving Russia’s vast army over the border and into her country.

A child takes part in a March for Life rally in Dallas Jan. 15, 2022. A leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito was revealed May 2, 2022, preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this year.

Roe v. Wade can’t change Canada’s laws, but will create 'feast for lawyers'

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Canadian legal experts say any momentum built by the pro-life community from the expected overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision in the United States will not translate into legislative victories on behalf of the unborn north of the border.

The Yavir School of Ukrainian Dance.

Musical showcase for Ukraine to highlight global solidarity

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On May 15, Toronto’s Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Holy Protection will host the Unite for Ukraine: A Musical Benefit from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

The Central Pilgrimage Statue Tour began with an afternoon ceremony May 1 in front of Windsor, Ont.’s Peace Fountain.

Marian tours criss-cross the nation

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With the famed Detroit River as a uniting backdrop, replica Pilgrim Virgin Statues of Our Lady of the Cape (Cap-de-la-Madeleine) and Fatima intersected on opposite sides of the Windsor-Detroit border on May 1 for a special Rosary for world peace and consecration to the Blessed Mother.

The Diocese of Saint John donated this church property to Divine Mercy Catholic School.

Divine Mercy leaves struggling school debt free

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In an act of “divine mercy,” the Diocese of Saint John has donated the former St. Peter’s church property to Divine Mercy Catholic School (DMCS) completely debt free.

A special joint Senate-House of Commons committee on MAiD is looking at the expansion of doctor-assisted suicide. At an April 28 committee meeting, among those addressing the committee were Dr. Ebru Kaya, Dr. James Downar and Dr. Marjorie Tremblay.

MAiD hearings expose divide in end-of-life care

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Seven years after Parliament legalized voluntary euthanasia in Canada, doctors and professors of medicine are still at odds over the definition of palliative care, funding for end-of-life care and the threat Medical Aid in Dying poses to the poor, vulnerable and isolated.

Program intervenes early with mental-health challenges

Program intervenes early with mental-health challenges

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A new early intervention mental health program aimed at decreasing the barriers youth face when trying to access mental health supports is launching in Simcoe County, north of Toronto.

A woman sits with children as evacuees, including civilians who left the area near Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, arrive at a temporary accommodation center in Bezimenne, Ukraine, May 1, 2022.

Vatican is playing a diplomatic ‘long game’

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If Pope Francis hasn’t named and shamed Vladimir Putin as aggressor and instigator of the war in Ukraine, it’s because the Holy See plays a long game in diplomacy, trying to bend the arc of history ever toward peace, the Vatican’s nuncio to Canada, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič told an online academic conference on sustainable development that veered off into a discussion of diplomacy and Ukraine April 26.

People carry a large banner during the National March for Life in Ottawa, Ontario, May 10, 2012. A leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft of decision in a Mississippi abortion case is expected to have limited immediate impact in Canada.

Pro-lifers in Canada, Australia rally around news Roe may be overturned

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Pro-life advocates in Canada are buoyed by news that the U.S. Supreme Court was poised to overturn its decision on Roe v. Wade, but said they expect limited immediate effect in the country.

Lt. Glib Pistruga, a Chaplain from Canadian Forces Base Kingston, Ont., provides spiritual support to a Ukrainian woman at a reception centre in support of Operation REASSURANCE in Warsaw, Poland, on April 23.

Department of National Defence panel addresses racism with more racism

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The national director of UNITED SIKHS Canada has joined Catholics and others who have condemned a report to the Department of National Defence seeking to rid the Canadian Armed Forces of military chaplains whose religious faiths do not openly promote diversity.

A teepee stands in the graveyard in the Cowessess First Nation near Grayson, Sask., where 751 unmarked graves were found.

Indigenous lobbying for Pope Francis to visit grave sites

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Whether or not Pope Francis will visit one of the sites where ground-penetrating radar has revealed possible graves of former residential school students is still not known, as some Indigenous leaders continue to lobby for the Pope to visit these forgotten cemeteries that touched off a national conversation about residential schools last year.

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