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September 7, 2016

Once a prisoner in Vietnam, Nguyen now Kamloops bishop

Bishop Joseph Nguyen, centre, celebrates Mass after being ordained bishop of Kamloops, B.C.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The Diocese of Kamloops has witnessed the ordination of a bishop on its own soil for the first time in its 70-year history.

Published in Canada
May 30, 2015

Marian order ordains first Canadian after more than 300 years

Fr. Jonathan Inskip is the Marian order's newest priest. He was ordained May 16 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Kamloops, B.C.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - After more than 300 years in existence, the Marians of the Immaculate Conception are rejoicing at the ordination of their first Canadian priest.

Published in Canada
February 28, 2015

770-year-old papal bull purchased by UBC

UBC history professor Richard Pollard studies a papal bull that was issued by Pope Innocent IV and 13 cardinals in Lyons in 1245. The parchment is now stored in a vault at the university.

VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has acquired a 770-year old papal bull signed and sealed by Pope Innocent IV that is thought to be the oldest existing papal document in Canada.

Published in Canada
February 22, 2015

Name now reflects college’s Catholicity

Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, alongside Catholic Pacific College president Christine Jones and Trinity Western University president Bob Kuhn.

LANGLEY, B.C. - The Catholic college affiliated with Trinity Western University has rebranded itself.

Redeemer Pacific College, which teaches TWU-accredited courses from a Catholic perspective, has changed its name to Catholic Pacific College.

Published in Education
July 14, 2012

Federal government appeals B.C. decision striking down euthanasia laws

Justice Minister and Attorney General Rob Nicholson

OTTAWA- The federal government has announced it will appeal the June 15 British Columbia Supreme Court Carter decision that struck down Canada's laws against euthanasia and assisted suicide.

"After careful consideration of the legal merits," the Government of Canada will appeal the Carter decision to the British Columbia Court of Appeal and seek "a stay of all aspects of the lower court decision," said Justice Minister and Attorney General Rob Nicholson in a July 13 statement, released on a Friday afternoon shortly before the July 16 deadline for filing an appeal.

Published in Canada
March 22, 2012

Life Week debates create dialogue on B.C. campuses

B.C. pro-life students and community members pose at an event hosted by the National Campus Life Network March 10 as part of Life Week. Their shirts are part of the “We Want the Debate” campaign.

For the first time, several pro-life groups on university campuses in British Columbia held Life Week simultaneously to bring the abortion debate to their peers.

“They debated the morality of abortion and whether abortion should remain legal,” said Anastasia Pearse, western campus co-ordinator for the National Campus Life Network. Jojo Ruba from the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform debated the pro-life side while various philosophy professors took the pro-choice side.

Published in Youth Speak News
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