News round-up

Stories about Alliance MP Deborah Grey's retirement:

Grey wants new career, maybe as radio host
Deborah Grey, the rural Alberta school teacher who made history as the first-ever Reform Party MP, announced yesterday she will retire from politics at the end of this term in Parliament.
National Post, March 14

Alliance loses its spark with Grey's departure
If Deb Grey were just an ordinary MP, her announcement Thursday that she's quitting politics would be no big deal. But the MP for Edmonton North has never for a moment been ordinary, and her decision raises questions that go beyond her own future.
Vancouver Sun, March 14

Not the end of the Deborah Grey story
Deborah is a practising Christian whose faith is real, practical, and personal, and she is generally conservative in her political philosophy.
Preston Manning, National Post, March 14

Earlier: Comment: Latest evangelinks in the CA world

Stories about James Kopp's conviction for murder:

'Anxious for justice' in sniper case
Canadians hope U.S. trial will provide clues in attacks on abortion doctors
National Post, March 17

Anti-abortionist convicted of murder
James Kopp, an American suspected of being involved in the shooting of three Canadian abortion doctors during the 1990s, was found guilty Tuesday of the 1998 murder of Amherst, N.Y abortion doctor Barnett Slepian.
Globe and Mail, March 18

Swift verdict in abortion shooting
Judge rejects sniper's claim he meant only to wound
Christie Blatchford, National Post, March 19

James Kopp guilty of killing abortion doctor
James Kopp, who admitted shooting abortionist Barnett Slepian in 1998 but said he only meant to wound him, was convicted of intentional murder yesterday. He faces a minimum sentence of 15 years at his May 9 sentencing, but is likely to receive 25 years to life.
ChristianityToday.com, March 19

Earlier: Government minister settles with pro-lifer

Other stories from the past week:

U of T's new divinity student: Clitheroe
Eleanor Clitheroe, the former chief executive of Hydro One Inc. who came under fire last year for a multimillion-dollar pay packet, has enrolled in a Master of Divinity program at the University of Toronto.
National Post, March 11

A perfect PM: a talentless, friendless, atheist virgin
Those are desirable attributes, according to Stephen Harper
Paul Wells, National Post, March 13

Korean student's attacker pleads guilty
A 26-year-old Vancouver man pleaded guilty Wednesday to assaulting a Korean student who suffered brain damage when she was grabbed and strangled while jogging in Stanley Park last year.
Vancouver Sun, March 13
Earlier: Mother of beaten Korean asks for prayer as public support grows

Military chaplains ready to bless gay marriages
Defence officials say there is nothing to prevent it
National Post, March 14
Earlier: Traditional marriage under fire across Canada

Notre Dame show-choir steps out to Nashville
Group first from Canada to appear at U.S. festival
Vancouver Sun, March 14

Immigrants worship more
Attendance down for Canadian-born, StatsCan finds
Toronto Star, March 19

Malaysia's delicate balancing act
An economic success story, a rapidly developing country faces ethnic and religious divides
Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun, March 19