Canada
Thou shalt covet thy Canadian neighbor’s Judaism
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 7, 2019
In Canada, Judaism -- and Jews -- are different. We have something to learn.
Top 10 Jewish stories of 2018
By A. James Rudin — December 27, 2018
(RNS) — The brutality of anti-Semitism in several forms dominated the top 10 news stories related to Jews and Judaism this year.
Canada reverses abortion rights proviso to summer jobs program
By John Longhurst — December 18, 2018
(RNS) — Many faith groups protested a checkbox on a participation form requiring prospective employers to affirm abortion rights.
Canadians, led by millennials, show broad tolerance for religion in public life
By John Longhurst — December 6, 2018
(RNS) — Canada may appear very secular compared with its southern neighbor, but a new poll suggests there is more openness to religion than it appears, especially among younger Canadians.
New film profiles boxer Pardeep Singh Nagra and his fight for religious freedom
By Simran Jeet Singh — December 4, 2018
(RNS) — When the Canadian Amateur Boxing Association prohibited him from competing because of his beard, this Sikh athlete decided to fight to change the rules.
Canadian broadcaster offers to sponsor Christian woman spared death in Pakistan
By John Longhurst — November 6, 2018
TORONTO (RNS) — Asia Bibi has been living in a safe house in Pakistan since being acquitted of blasphemy, unable to leave for fear of her life from Islamist mobs.
This week’s parliament of religions is more than a big ‘pat on the back’ for faith
By John Longhurst — November 1, 2018
TORONTO (RNS) — The gathering of some 8,000 people from 80 countries will focus on ways religion 'has been used to support genocide, wars, persecution and injustice,' says one organizer.
After Canadian court ruling, Christian law school re-evaluates community covenant
By Mark A. Kellner — June 22, 2018
(RNS) — After the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the accreditation of Trinity Western University's School of Law, school officials are considering making its disputed community covenant barring same-sex relationships optional.
Harriet Tubman’s Canadian church seeks help for repairs
By Adelle M. Banks — November 3, 2017
(RNS) — The 11 members of Salem Chapel have started a crowdsourcing campaign to shore up the building, which sits just north of Niagara Falls.
Despite being pro-life, I support buffer zones around abortion clinics
By John G. Stackhouse Jr. — November 2, 2017
(RNS) — A woman exercising her legal right to an abortion should not have to run a gauntlet of screaming opponents characterizing her choice and the difficult procedure she is about to undergo in the most horrifying terms.
I don’t like niqabs and burqas — but they should be legal
By guest — October 16, 2017
(RNS) — It's hard to think of a way to more quickly alienate new neighbors we want to fully buy in to our way of life than to mock and restrict their clothing, writes John G. Stackhouse Jr.
In Vancouver, Christian recovery programs respond to opioid crisis
By Alicia Ambrosio — May 19, 2017
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (RNS) In 2016, more than 900 people in British Columbia died of drug overdoses, a record and an 80 percent increase from 2015.
In rural Canada, churches that once shunned one another open their hearts to Syrian refugees
By Bobby Ross Jr. — March 23, 2017
DAUPHIN, Manitoba (RNS) A year and a half ago, three churches put aside theological differences and came together to sponsor the resettlement of three Syrian refugee families to this rural Canadian community.
Quebec mosque shooting thought to be ‘lone wolf’ attack
By Reuters — January 31, 2017
QUEBEC CITY, Quebec (Reuters) - A French-Canadian university student was the sole suspect in a shooting at aQuebec City mosque and was charged with the premeditated murder of six people.
Canadian mayor dons turban and dances for religious tolerance
By Kimberly Winston — January 12, 2017
(RNS) A video of the mayor learning how to tie a Sikh turban has gone viral.
