Committee issued call for briefs regarding MAID’s expansion to mentally ill, received hundreds of responses and may now exclude them
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Ireland to offer refugees tents as housing shortage bites
More than 100,000 refugees and asylum seekers are being accommodated in Ireland, including about 74,000 Ukrainians fleeing the war
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Denmark calls in army to defend Jewish sites
Denmark will deploy army units to protect Jewish and Israeli sites in Copenhagen in response to an increase in antisemitism
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How Guelph makes ‘the healthy choice the easy choice’
Guelph has many elements in common with Blue Zone cities. And its been working to introduce more of them
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Could better criminal records mean better job outcomes?
A criminal record tells the worst part of someone’s story. Could including positive details give former inmates a better shot at employment?
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How asylum seekers became the ‘problem’ of Toronto churches
‘We learned that it is possible for the government to watch these asylum seekers freeze outside,’ said Pastor Eddie Jjumba
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The ‘two traumas’: interfaith relations hit low in Canada
The state of interfaith relations in Canada has never been worse, experts say, with two traumas playing out: ‘events there and events here’
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Montreal Jewish community centre targeted by firebombing
A Molotov cocktail was thrown through the building’s front door on Monday, coming on the heels of several shootings and firebombings
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Clowning around: How Quebec became an epicentre for spreading joy
‘The clown is like an everyman figure that exists in all cultures,’ said Quebec clown Melissa Holland. The clown ‘connects us all’
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Thousands demonstrate in Canada for ceasefire in Gaza
The rally followed an online petition presented to lawmakers on Friday with 287,000 signatures — said to be the most of any parliamentary e-petition