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Team Canada’s Wojtek Wolski has come a long a way since he found himself in a hospital bed recovering from a broken neck suffered in 2016.

Fire on ice: Wojtek Wolski's faith helps keep his Olympic dream alive

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Wojtek Wolski has gone from being a can’t-miss prospect from St. Michael’s College to a disillusioned young man who wanted to quit hockey, to a hospital patient facing a long comeback after shattering injury, and now to a person who has a shot at Olympic glory.
“Free speech ends here” say demonstrators protesting against Ontario’s new bubble zone that keeps anti-abortion protests 50 metres away from abortion facilities.

Abortion clinic ‘bubble zones’ don’t stop pro-life voice

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OTTAWA – The pro-life movement is not going away despite “bubble zones,” advocates vowed on the first day of Ontario’s new law against protests outside abortion clincs.
The CCRL was an intervenor on the side of the Christian Medical and Dental Society and five named doctors in a suit filed against the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, which insists that doctors who oppose assisted death provide a referral for patients who wish to die. Seeking an appeal is up to the CMDS. Their decision is expected the week of Feb. 11.

Court decision on assisted suicide referrals opens door for other challenges

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While doctors who lost their right to practise medicine according to their conscience contemplate a legal appeal, a prominent pro-euthanasia organization suspects faith-based hospitals, nursing homes and hospices may be next to face demands to accommodate euthanasia and assisted suicide.
St. Josephine Bakhita Church in Mississauga is heading toward a May opening. The parish, named after the African-born saint, has been operating from a local high school for 10 years.

St. Josephine Bakhita puts fresh face on parish diversity

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From slavery to sainthood, the story of St. Josephine Bakhita is one of resilience and faith.
Minister of Finance, Charles Sousa (left), Minister of Tourism, Daiene Vernile (second right), Minister of Education, Indira Naidoo-Harris (middle) receive a 'Thank you' card from St. Michael's Choir School students after the funding announcement was made Feb. 7, 2018.

St. Michael’s Choir School receives $11 million from Ontario government

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The halls of St. Michael’s Choir School were filled with a lot more than music on Feb. 7.
Natalia Opera (second from the left), who has been a camp counsellor the last two summers with St. Benedict's SummerDaze Day Camp, says the camp experience has been invaluable for helping “make a kid’s month.”

No compromise on Canada Summer Jobs policy

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Catholic agencies that alter the controversial reproductive rights attestation on the Canada Summer Jobs application will be denied grant money, according to a government spokesperson.
Some of the 80,000 people who came to see the relic hand and forearm of St. Francis Xavier on its cross-Canada tour, including stops at Calgary’s St. Albert the Great Church, above, and St. Francis Xavier Parish inv, Ont., right.

St. Francis Xavier’s Canadian tour leaves a lasting legacy

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OTTAWA – Nearly 80,000 people across Canada thronged to see the relic of St. Francis Xavier that made a coast-to-coast pilgrimage Dec. 26-Feb. 3.
Report ignores ‘actual’ religious discrimination, civil rights league charges

Report ignores ‘actual’ religious discrimination, civil rights league charges

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OTTAWA – A government report on religious discrimination has overlooked Ottawa’s own failings, including its conduct in the Canada Summer Jobs controversy, according to the president of the Catholic Civil Rights League.
The #MeToo movement has created a powerful offensive to combat sexual assault and harassment. Catholic groups have long been involved in both helping victims heal and in changing attitudes.

Picking up the #MeToo pieces: Catholic groups help with healing

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Women have come together and said Me Too. Men and women have come together and said Time’s Up. Now, it is time to ask What’s Next?
Bubble zone street signs cite Bill 163 outside abortion clinics in Ottawa.

Bubble zones around abortion clinics in effect

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Ontario’s new 50-metre, protest-free bubble zones around abortion clinics officially came into effect Feb. 1.
The judges found that while objecting doctors may have to change the way in which they practice medicine, by switching to hospital or group-based practice or by practicing in areas unlikely to elicit a request for assisted suicide such as sports medicine, the policy does not banish them from medicine.

Doctors who object to assisted suicide must give referrals, court rules

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A doctor’s conscience takes a back seat to a patient’s right to have medical procedures such as assisted suicide and abortion, Ontario’s Divisional Court ruled Jan. 31.
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