The Parliament Building in Quebec City

Quebec bill looks to expand powers of its human rights commission

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OTTAWA - A Quebec bill that would give the province’s human rights commission expanded powers will only “amplify” these powers at a time when many are calling for a curbing of these commissions, critics say.

Smoke billows from the American Electric Power’s coal-fired Mountaineer Power Plan in New Haven, W.Va. Development and Peace has launched its fall campaign to combat climate change.

D&P fall campaign tackles the spiritual and political sides of climate change

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On the World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation on Sept. 1, the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace launched its fall campaign demanding action on climate change.

Kristina Torres

Caregivers’ situation worsens under new rules

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TORONTO - Changes to Canada’s Live-in Caregiver’s Program (LCP) promised to improve the immigration path have actually made things worse, says Kristina Torres.

With Quebec’s euthanasia law, Bill 52, coming into effect Dec. 10, the province is preparing for the legalization of assisted suicide by creating “death kits” for its doctors.

‘Death kits’ prepared for Quebec doctors

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OTTAWA - When news leaked Sept. 1 that the Quebec government is preparing “euthanasia kits” for doctors, it came as no surprise to the head of a physicians’ group that opposes euthanasia.

This year’s ShareLife campaign raised close to $14 million. Money raised by ShareLife supports 34 different social service agencies across the archdiocese of Toronto catchment area.

ShareLife comes in over the top in 2015 campaign

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TORONTO - Catholics of the Archdiocese of Toronto pulled together at the last hour to push the ShareLife annual appeal above and beyond its goal.

St. Joseph the Worker parishioners packed and sent 300 aid boxes to the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos, Philippines, above, visited the Thornhill, Ont., parish Aug. 21 to personally thank volunteers for all they had done. (Photo courtesy of St. Joseph the Worker parish)

Thornhill parish stands out for its Haiyan aid

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THORNHILL, Ont. - The Philippines received relief aid from around the world when Typhoon Haiyan hit the country’s shores almost two years ago. But for Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of the Diocese of San Carlos, it was one Canadian parish that stands out for having left a particular impact on his community.

Catholic school teachers, trustees and the government in Ontario reached a tentative contract agreement before the start of school. Ann Hawkins, president of Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA), said this agreement will protect the quality of education in schools.

OECTA reaches tentative deal with province, avoiding conflict to begin school year

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TORONTO - Catholic school teachers, trustees and the provincial government have come to a tentative contract agreement just days before the start of the new school year.

Catholic Women’s League members passed motions calling on the government to invoke the notwithstanding clause to delay the implementation of physician-assisted suicide and to reinstate the mandatory long-form census at their annual convention Aug. 17-19, 2015.

CWL calls for notwithstanding clause

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The Catholic Women’s League of Canada has called on the federal government to invoke the notwithstanding clause to block implementation of physician-assisted suicide.

Cardinal Thomas Collins, archbishop of Toronto, celebrated a special liturgy Aug. 15 commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first Catholic Mass in Ontario near present-day Lafontaine. The open-air event attracted hundreds of residents from across Ontario to southern Georgian Bay.

Cardinal Collins marks 400 years since first Mass in Ontario

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LAFONTAINE, Ont. - Four centuries ago, the first Mass west of Quebec was celebrated in the Huron-Wendat village of Carhagouha. On Aug. 15, Toronto's Cardinal Thomas Collins returned to that spot to mark the 400th anniversary of the event.

The 114-year-old St. Malachy’s Church in Kinkora, P.E.I., needs repairs that it can’t afford, but an anonymous donor is chipping in to help preserve the parish.

Anonymous donor to the rescue of P.E.I. parish

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A recently launched capital campaign at St. Malachy’s Church on Prince Edward Island is getting a helping hand from outside the parish community.

Some of the designers of the Gift Box for Toronto’s Pan Am and Parapan Am Games inside the box outside of St. James Cathedral in downtown Toronto.

Pan Am trafficking project a resounding success

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TORONTO - Organizers of the Gift Box campaign set up during the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games in Toronto to raise awareness of human trafficking have exceeded their expectations, volunteers say.

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