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Canadians affirm support for UN nuclear weapons ban treaty

April 10, 2021

Three-quarters of Canadians say their country should sign the UN nuclear weapons ban treaty even if the United States and NATO oppose it.

Canadian bishops decry perilous assisted suicide law

April 8, 2021

Canada’s Catholic bishops have issued a forceful condemnation of the country’s new assisted suicide law, saying the possible pressures it will place on Canadians with mental illness or disabilities are “all too real, perilous and potentially destructive.”

Bill C-233 against sex-selective abortion before House April 14

April 8, 2021

OTTAWA -- Saskatchewan Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall’s private member’s bill to make abortions done on the basis of a baby’s sex illegal in Canada will be up for debate and second reading in the House of Commons April 14.

Laurentian punts its founding federation partners

April 8, 2021

As it fights off bankruptcy, Laurentian University has terminated its relationship with its federated universities, including the Jesuit-run Catholic college that helped found the Northern Ontario university.

Most people of faith in Canada find government worship restrictions harsh

April 8, 2021

OTTAWA -- Most Catholics and religious Canadians are trying to maintain a connection to their faith during the ongoing COVID pandemic.

Current Toronto worship restrictions unchanged by Ontario stay-at-home order

April 8, 2021

Ontario’s stay-at-home order put into effect at 12:01 a.m. today won’t change current restrictions currently in place for worship services in Toronto.

B.C. government flip-flop on worship restrictions over Easter weekend frustrates faithful

April 7, 2021

VANCOUVER -- The 96-hour rollercoaster of emotions for Catholics gearing up for Easter this year ended on a low note.

Arson suspected in Manitoba church fire on Easter

April 7, 2021

Just hours after Easter Sunday Mass, residents of St. Theresa Point First Nation in Manitoba could only watch and cry as their Catholic church burned to the ground.

Schmalz to replace decapitated Stations of the Cross statues in Sudbury

April 3, 2021

Renowned Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz has been tasked with recreating the clay statues decapitated last May at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in Sudbury, Ont.

Students step up for mental health

April 2, 2021

EDMONTON -- Students at a high school in Red Deer, Alta., joined to raise awareness of mental health issues, and hoped at the same time to raise $40,000 for a foundation named after an alumnus who committed suicide.