Canadian News

News and events from across the country.

Fire claims Attawapiskat church

April 22, 2021

Another church in a First Nations community has been destroyed by fire.

Supreme Court deals final blow to hospice society

April 22, 2021

VANCOUVER -- Delta Hospice Society has lost its final legal opportunity to prevent a takeover of its board by euthanasia advocates.

Court upholds most of Quebec’s secularism bill

April 22, 2021

OTTAWA -- An effort to have the courts overturn Quebec’s controversial Bill 21 has failed, even though a provincial court did rule that some aspects of the law that infringe on language rights must be scrapped by the government.

Budget 2021: Good or bad? Time will tell

April 21, 2021

OTTAWA -- Billions of dollars will be poured into some of the key priorities of faith and social justice groups as the federal government has opened the spending taps in its budget unveiled April 19.

Taking science back from the culture wars

April 18, 2021

In the COVID era, there’s no news like science news — the fastest vaccine development in human history has been news all year.

Tastes of Heaven goes virtual, and national

April 18, 2021

The annual Tastes of Heaven gala fundraiser for Catholic Missions In Canada was not staged in 2020, one of the long list of victims of the COVID-19 virus, but the keystone event returns April 29 in a virtual realm.

Surviving Mount Cashel: Finding the strength to overcome abuse horror

April 17, 2021

Jane Doe never attended Mount Cashel Orphanage, but she knows the second-hand impact all too well.

Federal Court of Appeal overturns Safe Third Country ruling

April 16, 2021

For the foreseeable future, asylum seekers at official Canada-U.S. border crossings will be turned back to try their luck in the U.S.

Ontario worship services limited to 10 again as COVID surges

April 16, 2021

With Ontario going into hard lockdown to combat a disturbing rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, places of worship will once again be limited to a hard cap of 10 people in attendance.

Flynn first layperson to helm St. Joseph’s College

April 16, 2021

The new boss at St. Joseph’s College in Edmonton happens to be the old boss — but not that old.