Canadian News

News and events from across the country.

Asia Bibi seeks political asylum in France

February 27, 2020

MANCHESTER, England -- Asia Bibi is seeking political asylum in France less than a year after fleeing her native Pakistan for the safety of Canada.

Toronto protest sends message of solidarity

February 27, 2020

Thousands of people who marched through downtown Toronto to Nathan Phillips Square Feb. 22 were not just protesting — they were making a spiritual response to Canada’s history of colonialism, said participant Liz Stone.

B.C. Delta hospice losing government funding over assisted suicide

February 27, 2020

VANCOUVER -- Delta Hospice Society president Angelina Ireland is “shocked and outraged” that the B.C. government will pull all funding from the hospice by 2021 because it doesn’t offer assisted suicide.

‘Fundamental change’ needed

February 26, 2020

OTTAWA -- Some Catholic organizations fear efforts of reconciliation with Canada’s First Nations are at risk in the wake of protests and blockades over a B.C. pipeline project.

Two-tier euthanasia rules proposed

February 26, 2020

OTTAWA -- The federal government’s proposed changes to assisted suicide will eliminate the requirement that a person’s death be reasonably foreseeable, but the government will not open up the system to the mentally ill at this time.

Vanier: The sad, awful truth

February 25, 2020

TORONTO -- For the adults with disabilities who are the core members of L’Arche, news that Jean Vanier sexually abused six women over a 35-year period hit particularly hard.

Sex abuse allegations against Jean Vanier met with shock and condemnation

February 24, 2020

The Catholic world in Canada is reeling with the news that Jean Vanier, founder of the ecumenical L'Arche communities that provide group homes and spiritual support for people with intellectual disabilities, used his status to have "manipulative" sexual relationships with at least six women.

Her commitment was ‘second to none’

February 23, 2020

EDMONTON -- Joan Carr’s Catholic faith was her compass. It guided her in everything she did.

Quarantined B.C. couple relying on faith

February 22, 2020

VANCOUVER -- The morning routine hasn’t changed for Marichu and Ding Camales-Torrijos since they and all other passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise were quarantined following discovery of the coronavirus on board.

Bill 21 challengers face a long battle

February 22, 2020

OTTAWA -- Opponents of Quebec’s Bill 21 are hoping that Canada’s Supreme Court will take on a legal appeal to have the law suspended until arguments against the law are fully heard in Quebec court next fall.