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October 13, 2017

Amid violence streets still have their moments of grace

Photo illustration of a young woman depicts the effects of human trafficking. Robert Kinghorn writes that the good news of the Church on the Street is not reported alongside the murders and the overdoses in secular newspapers.
There are few, if any, parishes in Toronto that had three shooting deaths in the first month of the year and followed them up with two more in the next few months. Add to this an epidemic of drug overdoses and a picture of lawlessness could emerge.
Published in Robert Kinghorn
September 23, 2016

Covenant House’s safe place for sex trafficked opens

Casandra Diamond, a former sex worker, talks about the importance of having counselling and a safe place to go after leaving the prostitution, Sept. 18.

TORONTO – When Casandra Diamond left “the game” 11 years ago she cried every day for about three months.

Published in Canada: Toronto-GTA
July 8, 2014

Bill C-36: protection over exploitation

Justice Minister Peter McKay said he expects a legal challenge to Bill C-36.

OTTAWA - The federal government had a choice with its new prostitution regulations, said Justice Minister Peter McKay: it could “condone the exploitation” of women and children “or protect them.”

Published in Canada