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‘Moral distress’ helped spur doctor’s hospice resignation

December 10, 2022

After at least five years of signing petitions and writing about his opposition to doctor-assisted suicide, Port Coquitlam, B.C., family physician Dr. Kevin Sclater finally decided to act.

Sacred in cyberspace

December 9, 2022

In a new media age, sacredness can only be a click away. Or can it?

‘Hunches’ will determine life or death in MAiD cases with mental illness, critics say

December 9, 2022

In mere months, federal law will permit Canadians who are mentally ill to access the country’s already permissive assisted-suicide regime on the sole grounds that they are suffering from a mental disorder.

Archbishop welcomes call to delay MAiD for mental illness

December 8, 2022

Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller says it’s a “sign of hope” that dozens of Canadian psychiatrists are opposing the federal government’s plan to introduce assisted suicide solely for mental illness next March.

Angus Reid poll reveals complex views on abortion

December 8, 2022

Newly released data from the Angus Reid Institute indicates roughly 52 per cent of Canadians are “completely pro-choice,” around eight per cent are “completely pro-life” and approximately 41 per cent consider themselves “somewhere in between.”

Food bank director raises MAiD alarm

December 7, 2022

As the CEO of the Mississauga Food Bank, Meghan Nicholls felt the pressing need to spread the word on how tough things are these days.

Prince Albert educators honoured, surprised by Queen’s Jubilee medal

December 4, 2022

Prince Albert Catholic School Division (PACSD) leaders Suzanne Stubbs and Mark Phaneuf were surprised and honoured upon finding out they would both be feted with a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.

B.C. hospice plan takes on MAiD 'tyranny'

December 4, 2022

The Delta Hospice Society has launched an innovative, three-pronged counter-offensive against Canada’s ever-more-permissive assisted-suicide law.

Ecology comes first, ‘no ifs, ands or buts’

December 3, 2022

Twenty religious congregations have joined together to lobby Ottawa politicians on climate change and social justice.

Catholic schools taking part in bullying study

December 3, 2022

A Brock University research team is renewing its five-year school bullying investigation launched in 2017 that was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.