The committee is expected to produce a final report in the summer of 2019. None of the committee members have ties to St. Michael’s College School.

In wake of scandal, St. Michael’s names expert committee to review school policies, culture

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Battling a public relations crisis in the wake of sexual assault charges laid against students, St. Michael’s College School has tapped one of Canada’s leading experts in criminal law procedure to lead a four-member committee tasked with reviewing the culture at the school.

Fewer than four in 10 girls (38 per cent) estimate that their parents are “very aware” of their social media activity.

Parents key in sex trafficking battle over young teen girls

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Young teenage girls on their phones regularly put themselves at risk for sexual exploitation and sex trafficking, but those risks decrease for teens whose parents talk to them about avoiding strangers online, a new Ipsos study for Covenant House has found.

In 2017, Assumption Parish celebrated 250 years of service.

London diocese pledges $1 million to save church

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WINDSOR, ONT. – The Diocese of London has pledged $1 million towards the restoration of Ontario’s most historic Roman Catholic Church, mothballed due to safety concerns over the past four years and not in active use since 2004.

A guest staying at one of York region's Out of the Cold centres.

Out of room at Out of the Cold: Toronto's homeless need more than just shelters

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As Toronto’s city-run shelter system bulges with refugees and migrants, volunteer-run Out of the Cold programs are operating at capacity and wondering when governments are going to get serious about housing.

Canada’s national palliative care framework has endorsed the World Health Organization (WHO) definition which states palliative care should “neither hasten or postpone death.”

Canada's palliative care framework earns praise from advocates

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OTTAWA – Palliative care advocates are applauding a new national framework document that has adopted an international definition of palliative care that excludes euthanasia and assisted suicide as elements of patient care. 

Student volunteers prepare for a Kairos Blanket Exercise at Edmonton City Hall in 2016. The Exercise was created as an interactive way of learning Indigenous history.

Needs Improvement: Educators make progress on Indigenous curriculum, but more work to do

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In the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call to include more study on Indigenous issues in school curriculum, it appears educators across the country are taking the recommendations to heart.

The changes in the attestation are a welcome relief to Alberta’s Camp Oselia run by the Ukrainian Catholic Eparcy of Edmonton. “This is exciting. I’m excited about the fact that it’s opened up,” said Millie Schietzsch, the eparchy’s director of youth ministry. The camp relies on the Canada Summer Jobs program to subsidize wages for four to five summer employees who work as camp staff. This year they were only able to hire one.

Changes to controversial Canada Summer Jobs attestation get mixed reviews

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OTTAWA – Following months of protest and the launch of several court challenges, the federal government has dropped the so-called “values test” from the application for Canada Summer Jobs funding, but many faith groups remain uneasy about new wording.

Entrance of St. Joseph Elementary Junior High School in Calgary 2015. A former principal from 2015-2017 of the school has filed has filed two human rights complaints charging that the school district refused her employment on the grounds of marital status, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation.

Calgary Catholic School Board faces anti-LGBT discrimination lawsuit from former principal

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CALGARY – Amid continuing legal pressure against Catholic institutions in Canada, the Calgary Catholic School District faces a lawsuit from a former principal who has said she was pushed out due to discrimination on religious, marital, and anti-LGBT grounds.
A French-speaking Oblate in the mid-1900s and Fr. Raymond de Coccola with sled dogs (left).

Vancouver archdiocese archives share photos of intrepid French-speaking Oblate

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VANCOUVER – Fr. Raymond de Coccola, OMI had no idea how to ice fish, fire a gun or ride a dogsled when he arrived in a 1930s Inuit community in present-day Nunavut.

Hairdresser Alexandre Legere shows off the before and after for Glenn, a homeless man who was gettting his first haircut in more than a year.

B.C. hairdresser trims away at poverty

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VANCOUVER – “You will look like a new man!” 

UAlberta Pro-Life is challenging a $17,500 security fee for future events, assessed by the University of Alberta, in court.

UAlberta Pro-Life punished for doing things right

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EDMONTON – A University of Alberta pro-life group says its right to freedom of expression has been violated by the imposition of a $17,500 security fee to stage events on campus.

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