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Physician-assisted death committee recommendations go far beyond Carter

February 25, 2016

OTTAWA - The special Parliamentary committee on physician-assisted dying recommended Feb. 25 euthanasia for the mentally ill and opened the way for euthanasia of consenting minors.

Liberals backtrack on whipped vote for assisted dying

February 24, 2016

OTTAWA - In the face of political and public criticism, a Liberal directive that would have forced its MPs to vote the party line on an upcoming assisted-dying bill has been put on hold.

Quebec sexual abuse victims settle class action for $30 million

February 24, 2016

MONTREAL - About 150 former pupils and boarders of the former Montreal Institute for the Deaf who were sexually abused between 1940 and 1982 will share $30 million after their class action was settled.

Ontario sorry for attempt to ‘crush’ French culture

February 24, 2016

TORONTO - The Anglo-Protestant attempt to crush French Catholic culture in Ontario got rare acknowledgement from Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne Feb. 22 as she stood in the legislature to apologize for Regulation 17.

Conscience can’t trump patients’ rights

February 23, 2016

OTTAWA - The conscience rights of doctors and health care workers should not be allowed to interfere with a patient’s “right” to a medically assisted death, claimed a university professor from the faculties of law and medicine at Dalhousie University.

The moral question can’t be ignored in battling Islamic State

February 21, 2016

There’s more than political interest, strategic advantage, and military considerations in the decision to end Canadian bombing runs over Syria and Iraq in favour of more military trainers on the ground and additional spending on aid and development.

The female voice needs to be heard: Durocher

February 21, 2016

Archbishop Paul-André Durocher loves women. He wants to hear their voices, take their advice and see them active in the Church.

Holy Family’s resting place comes as a funeral home

February 21, 2016

Growing up in Glace Bay, N.S., Trevor Tracey watched funerals pass by the windows of his elementary school and dreamed that one day he would be the man leading the procession.

Assisted suicide and salvation

February 20, 2016

With doctor-assisted suicide now legal in Quebec and available across Canada to anyone granted permission from a Superior Court judge, bishops and pastors will face new pastoral dilemmas.

Canada to restore refugee health care funding

February 19, 2016

OTTAWA - The federal government announced Feb. 18 it will be restoring health care for all refugees seeking a new life in Canada.