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Families caught in
religious schools funding controversy
Faith-based funding could
be wedge issue in Oct. 10 election
Toronto Star, August 11
Earlier: Stories
about the Ontario Tories and faith-based schools
Other stories from the past week:
Helping
the homeless secure shelter
She has taken self-defence training
courses, but Judy Graves says it's her "good manners and lots of respect"
that keep her safe on the streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. . . .
When making her rounds, Graves usually brings along a single volunteer --
sometimes a politician, a student, or her Anglican pastor. Graves says her
work sustains her faith in God, just as much as her faith in God sustains
her work. And she's seen many people transformed by helping others on the
street.
CanWest News Service, August 11
Activists
drive home anti-abortion message
Even in a city generally
considered the hub of Canadian conservatism, Stephanie Gray isn't taking
chances with her latest protest against abortion -- a large, white cube
truck plastered with images of aborted fetuses. The truck's routes, which
wind through Calgary's busiest commuter arteries, are a tightly guarded
secret.
Kevin Libin, National Post, August 11
Get
closer to God, farther from your pants
God doesn't mind if you
go naked on the beach - because you're showing off his handiwork, not
simply displaying your shortcomings. A devout Christian and naturist will
make essentially that argument Thursday through Saturday at the fourth
annual Canadian naturist festival in St. Antoine Abbe, about 50 kilometres
southwest of Montreal. Festival spokesperson Paul Rapoport said the
presentation by Vincent Pigeon, a member of the Federation of Quebec
Naturists and a practising Roman Catholic, will include references to the
Adam and Eve story from the Bible.
CanWest News Service, August
11
Also: Vancouver
Sun
Bail
for 83-year-old former SS officer would undermine public trust, Crown
argues
Seifert not flight risk while awaiting extradition to
serve sentence in Italy, defence says
Globe and Mail, August
11
Earlier: Stories about Nazi
war criminal Michael Seifert
Is the
Christian right withering?
CNN documentary on fundamentalists
suggests a sea change in American politics
Toronto Star, August
11
Competing
spiritualities in the workplace
The values that give us a sense
of meaning and purpose in our lives come together on the job in four
distinct forms
Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun, August 11
Our first Toronto
saint?
Locals have high hopes for Sister
Carmelina
Toronto Star, August 12
Panspermianism
I
get such apoplectic letters, whenever I write about "evolutionism," that I
really can't resist writing about it again. This is not, of course,
because I have any desire to tease such correspondents. Perish the
thought. Rather, when a writer finds he has hit such a nerve, he can also
know that he is approaching a great truth.
David Warren, Ottawa
Citizen, August 12
Save
the United Church's archives
Victoria College at the University
of Toronto is canceling its 67-year-old agreement to house the archival
records of the United Church. Now I am no particular fan of the United
Church -- especially these days when any sense of "religious" mission
seems to have been drained away to make room for its many earnest social
engineering projects -- but the UC's contributors and activities are woven
into the tapestry of our nation's chronicles. Wherever it ends up in the
future, it had an important past, and deserves its archival
home.
Barbara Kay, Full Comment, August 14
Paralyzed
man arrested after leaving sanctuary
When Mr. Singh first
entered the Sikh temple last month, community members vowed they would
care for him. In the past, scores of would-be refugees across Canada have
sought sanctuary in churches. This was the first example of a claimant
hiding out in a Sikh temple.
Globe and Mail, August 15
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