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President of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Dr. David Rouselle, told told the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs it was sticking by its policy requiring doctors to provide an “effective referral” whenever a patient asks for assisted suicide.

Doctors’ college sticking to referral policy for assisted suicide

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The people who grant and deny medical licenses in Ontario faced off against the two largest provincial organizations representing doctors on March 30 at Queen’s Park and told the doctors they have to sacrifice their conscience rights to serve patients.

One of two houses owned by Sacred Heart College which make up the small post-secondary school's current campus.

Sacred Heart College’s new degree status helps heal sting of losing property bid

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Those invested in Peterborough's Sacred Heart College are riding high after an emotionally turbulent end to the month of March.

A brother and sister transport their salvaged belongings from their destroyed house Jan. 2 in Aleppo, Syria.

Syrians who remain need help to rebuild their country

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OTTAWA – While much of the world’s attention is on Syrian refugees, there is also a great need to help rebuild the lives of those who chose to remain in the war-ravaged country, says a Syrian refugee who manages centres funded by the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace.

Dr. Arlette Zinck delivers Campion College’s annual Nash Memorial Lecture at the University of Regina March 21.

Omar Khadr's case a valuable education for Edmonton's King's University

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REGINA – Few people are as polarizing in Canadian society today as is Omar Khadr, the Canadian child soldier who spent most of his teen years and early 20s imprisoned in the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison reserved for the Islamic terrorists the United States deems the greatest threat to the nation.

With $6 billion earmarked for home and palliative care, the 2017 federal budget has put Canada on track towards providing quality end-of-life care.

New federal budget puts Canada on track for palliative care framework

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OTTAWA – With $6 billion earmarked for home and palliative care in the 2017 federal budget, Canada is on track towards making quality end-of-life care more accessible.

CNEWA Canada celebrates its 12th anniversary this year and Carl Hétu, pictured, has been with the organization since it's conception.

CNEWA celebrates 12 years in Canada

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OTTAWA – As the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) marks its 90th anniversary this year, CNEWA Canada celebrates 12 years.

An open letter from a coalition of Christians, Jewish and Muslim leaders were sent to all 107 Ontario MPPs March 27 in support of the province's doctors' fight for conscience rights.

Religious coalition backs doctors’ conscience rights battle at Queen’s Park

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A coalition of Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders has sent an open letter to all 107 Ontario MPPs urging them to work together and “find a pathway that respects the rights of medical professionals, facilities and patients.”

A motion condemning Islamophobia and religious discrimination passed the House of Commons by a margin of 201-91 March 23.

Islamophobia motion M-103 passes House of Commons

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OTTAWA  – The House of Commons has passed a motion condemning Islamophobia and religious discrimination, despite concerns about freedom of speech.

Secular naturopath Dr. Nora Pope said that conscience rights aren’t primarily about religion, but rather about the convictions of citizens and the obligation governments have to respect and protect citizens and their convictions.

Naturopath doctor argues for conscience rights protection

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A naturopath stole the show as hearings began into Ontario’s enabling legislation for doctor assisted suicide at Queen’s Park on March 23.

American physician Dr. Farr Curlin speaking at Augustine College's annual Weston Lecture March 16. He urged Ontario’s doctors to fight harder to preserve their conscience rights.

Ontario doctors urged to fight harder to preserve conscience rights

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OTTAWA – Ontario doctors should fight harder to preserve conscience rights in the face of a policy that is “outrageous,” said American physician and theologian Dr. Farr Curlin.

A woman who told police that she and her family were from Sudan is taken into custody by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer after arriving Feb.12 by taxi and walking across the U.S.-Canada border into Quebec.

U.S. asylum system heading down a ‘troubling’ direction

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While some church and other groups continue to call for suspension of the Safe Third Country agreement with the United States, the Catholic-sponsored Center for Migration Studies in New York says the Trump administration is supporting the status quo because it has not yet made any substantial change to the U.S. asylum system.

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