Tag Archives: religion
‘Compliance with AHS is noncompliance with God:’ Alberta pastor testifies at trial
EDMONTON — An Alberta pastor accused of leading church services in violation of public-health orders says the COVID-19 pandemic has been blown out of proportion by the government and the media. Pastor James Coates of GraceLife Church testified on the f...
Quebec court upholds most of province’s secularism law, exempts English school boards
MONTREAL — Quebec’s secularism law is largely legal, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday, even as he acknowledged it violates the rights of Muslim women and has cruel and dehumanizing consequences for those who wear religious symbols. Justice Marc-And...
‘Quite fitting.’ Prince Philip’s funeral an online event for all but a few in Canada
HALIFAX — The options for Canadians planning to pay their respects to Prince Philip during his funeral Saturday will be largely limited to small gatherings in front of TV or computer screens. Thanks to pandemic protocols, there will be no mass
For Canadian Muslims, second pandemic Ramadan is a time of hope and sadness
MONTREAL — Bilal Abdul Kader, president and founder of the As-Salam mosque in downtown Montreal, said his mosque has been serving meals during the holy month of Ramadan for 15 years. The Iftar evening meal, when Muslims break the daily Ramadan
Expert says gathering outside Alberta church attended by many conspiracy theorists
SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. — An expert investigating hate groups says a weekend gathering outside an Alberta church charged with violating COVID-19 regulations is exemplary of the increasing number of far-right groups and conspiracy theorists who've latched o...
Federal prison chaplains ratify first contract agreement, union says
OTTAWA — Unionized federal prison chaplains have ratified a contract that includes wage increases and improved working conditions. The United Steelworkers union says the contract — the chaplains' first collective agreement — provides significant wage h...
Ontario issues stay-at-home order, Alberta cracks down on COVID-19 rule-breakers
Residents of Ontario and Quebec were to wake up to more COVID-19 restrictions Thursday as officials plan new approaches to vaccine distribution and promise crackdowns on rule-breakers in several jurisdictions. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, meanwhile, ...
Charged with ignoring COVID-19 health rules: Alberta church shut down, fenced off
EDMONTON — About 30 people sang hymns and a woman walked back and forth with a Bible in her hand as Alberta health officers on Wednesday closed down and fenced off a church charged with refusing to follow COVID-19 health
‘Caring for others:’ Mosque, synagogue advise Alberta church to follow COVID-19 rules
EDMONTON — Leaders with a mosque and a synagogue in Edmonton have a message for an area Christian church that has been routinely holding services that violate COVID-19 restrictions. While they sympathize with GraceLife Church's desire to bring worshipp...
China sanctions Conservative member of Parliament Michael Chong, federal subcommittee
China's decision to sanction a Conservative MP as well as a Parliamentary subcommittee is an attack on freedom of speech regarding human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday. "China's sanctions are an attack...
