LONDON, ONT. - My friend Jane Loptson died in the hallway outside of her subsidized apartment in the early afternoon of Dec. 27.

TORONTO - Canadians will get to experience the iconic Living With Christ missalette in a new way.

Preaching to Evangelicals at the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity didn’t phase Saskatoon Bishop Don Bolen — much.

Bishop Don Bolen of Saskatoon is Canada’s most ecumenically minded bishop.

TORONTO - Ontario’s Catholic school trustees’ association is showing off some of the system’s best through its recently launched Leadership Video Series.

OTTAWA - Opponents of assisted suicide and euthanasia are alarmed that the Supreme Court of Canada will hear a case that threatens to overturn the court’s rejection of assisted suicide 21 years ago.

OTTAWA - Campaign Life Coalition has chosen “RU-4Life” as the theme for the National March for Life May 8, a play on words to combat abortion drug RU-486 now being tested in Canada.

OTTAWA - The president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said instead of signs of hope in the Holy Land, he found hope-filled people serving despite the difficulties.

OTTAWA - An Ottawa parish priest with an admitted gambling addiction pleaded guilty Jan. 20 to charges of fraud and theft of about $130,000 in parish funds.

TORONTO - Scarboro Missions has opted to drop its three-year mission program in favour of a one-year program that seems to better suit those interested in volunteering overseas.