TORONTO - Organizers of 40 Days for Life in Toronto are appealing for help so that the upcoming campaign doesn’t end up being cancelled like this past spring’s event.

TORONTO - As the cash-strapped Toronto Transit Commission continues to wrestle with its future, there was no sign during a recent tour of St. Michael’s Cemetery that TTC founder George Washington Kiely is rolling in his grave.

TORONTO - International Christian Voice Canada will be celebrating Pakistan's National Minorities Day in Brampton, Ont., this Sunday.

TORONTO - In Toronto and around the world people commemorated the 68th anniversary of the first nuclear weapons ever used against a civilian population — the atom bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945.

OTTAWA - Bishop Charles Valois, Bishop emeritus of Saint-Jérôme, died on Aug. 4 at the age of 89.

I spent two weeks in June in the Republic of Congo representing the Canadian Religious Conference as part of a five-person delegation called The Women of Courage. The delegation’s name was deeply inspiring and humbling.

While many Canadians will start a relaxing long weekend on Aug. 30, Marilyn Korzekwa will dive into the waters of the Pacific Ocean to begin her swim across California’s Catalina Channel in support of the Good Shepherd Centre in Hamilton, Ont.

OTTAWA - Veteran pro-life MP Maurice Vellacott has announced he will not seek a seventh term in the House of Commons in the next federal election.

OTTAWA - For more than 30 years, Waupoos Farm south of Ottawa has combined relaxation with a ministry of presence to lowincome families in the National Capital Region.

The world will pray with Canada this January, and in a special way with native Canadians. For the second time in the 106-year history of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Canadians have written the biblical reflections, prayer services and educational materials to be used worldwide.