SHUTTERSTOCK
Stuart Laidlaw
Rising drug costs and an increased reliance on medications to treat cancer and other conditions is allowing two-tier medicine to creep into Canada's much-loved medicare system, a report to be released today says.
Twinning builds bond between Muslims, Jews
Nicholas Keung
Despite their cultural, religious and political differences, members of Toronto's Temple Emanu-El, a Jewish synagogue, and Noor Cultural Centre, a Muslim group, will be twinned like brothers and sisters.
Nicholas Keung
Despite their cultural, religious and political differences, members of Toronto's Temple Emanu-El, a Jewish synagogue, and Noor Cultural Centre, a Muslim group, will be twinned like brothers and sisters.
Imagine: Vatican forgives Lennon
The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a "boast" by a young man grappling with sudden fame.
The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a "boast" by a young man grappling with sudden fame.
Family secret hidden from Nazis
You've got a new job and the local paper is doing a story about you.
When the reporter calls for the interview, he informs you that –
despite being raised Catholic – you are, in fact, Jewish.
Building bridges with Africa
The most precious gift Rev. Canon Philip Bristow ever received was three eggs and a handful of crushed nuts. The three other people he was with that day each got three eggs, as well, and one also got a hen.
Saying grace
The word grace refers to that pregnant moment before
the meal. Either with a prayer, ritual or moment of silence, we gaze
with wonder at the abundance in our lives.
Peaceful revolution beginning across Muslim-Jewish divide
Haroon Siddiqui
There's no sign of an agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Tensions from that conflict continue to spill over into Canada. Yet peace is breaking out on many Arab-Israeli – and, more ...
Muslim beauty queen tells of racism, survival
Stuart Laidlaw
Asli Bayram knows the urge to hide, fearful of those outside who might hurt her, and too afraid to do anything that might get her noticed.
Call to action: Pastor issuing 7-day sex challenge
The pastor of a mega-church says he will challenge married congregants during his sermon Sunday to have sex for seven straight days – and he plans to practice what he preaches.
St. James Cathedral hit by fire
Dale Anne Freed
Church officials are praying they'll be able to open St. James Cathedral for a worship service tomorrow after the Toronto landmark caught fire last night.
`They have stopped thinking'
Hélène Berr was 21 and attending the Sorbonne when she began keeping a journal. Starting on April 7, 1942, she wrote about her friends, her studies in English literature, and the "boy with the grey eyes," ...
Mosque fights for rights, but slurs Jews and West
John Goddard
A mosque asking that Canadian workplaces respect a strict Muslim dress code is at the same time disseminating slurs against Jews and Western societies, and warning members against social integration.
Baghdad's Jews on precipice of extinction
Peter Graff
One of the last eight Jews in Baghdad, a portly retired accountant, erupts in a bellyful of laughter when asked why he never married.
Monks brawl at Christian holy site in Jerusalem
Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus' tomb.
I'm Jewish? Family secret hidden from the Nazis
Stuart Laidlaw
You've got a new job and the local paper is doing a story about you. When the reporter calls for the interview, he informs you that – despite being raised Catholic – you are, in fact, Jewish.
Unionville congregation builds bridges with Africa
Stuart Laidlaw
The most precious gift Rev. Canon Philip Bristow ever received was three eggs and a handful of crushed nuts. The three other people he was with that day each got three eggs, as well, and one also got a ...
Tax bill could end sisters' good works
Tanya Talaga
Even godliness is no protection from a potentially huge property tax hike.
Medical atrocities did not end with Nazi era
Stuart Laidlaw
The socialization of doctors to evil did not begin in Germany, a Holocaust Education Week gathering heard this week, and it didn't end there, either. In fact, we hear echoes of it to this day.
Muslim, Catholic leaders meet
Ariel David
The Vatican has opened a religious conference aimed at improving strained Catholic-Muslim relations.
Haroon Siddiqui
There's no sign of an agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Tensions from that conflict continue to spill over into Canada. Yet peace is breaking out on many Arab-Israeli – and, more ...
Muslim beauty queen tells of racism, survival
Stuart Laidlaw
Asli Bayram knows the urge to hide, fearful of those outside who might hurt her, and too afraid to do anything that might get her noticed.
Call to action: Pastor issuing 7-day sex challenge
The pastor of a mega-church says he will challenge married congregants during his sermon Sunday to have sex for seven straight days – and he plans to practice what he preaches.
St. James Cathedral hit by fire
Dale Anne Freed
Church officials are praying they'll be able to open St. James Cathedral for a worship service tomorrow after the Toronto landmark caught fire last night.
`They have stopped thinking'
Hélène Berr was 21 and attending the Sorbonne when she began keeping a journal. Starting on April 7, 1942, she wrote about her friends, her studies in English literature, and the "boy with the grey eyes," ...
Mosque fights for rights, but slurs Jews and West
John Goddard
A mosque asking that Canadian workplaces respect a strict Muslim dress code is at the same time disseminating slurs against Jews and Western societies, and warning members against social integration.
Baghdad's Jews on precipice of extinction
Peter Graff
One of the last eight Jews in Baghdad, a portly retired accountant, erupts in a bellyful of laughter when asked why he never married.
Monks brawl at Christian holy site in Jerusalem
Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergyman after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus' tomb.
I'm Jewish? Family secret hidden from the Nazis
Stuart Laidlaw
You've got a new job and the local paper is doing a story about you. When the reporter calls for the interview, he informs you that – despite being raised Catholic – you are, in fact, Jewish.
Unionville congregation builds bridges with Africa
Stuart Laidlaw
The most precious gift Rev. Canon Philip Bristow ever received was three eggs and a handful of crushed nuts. The three other people he was with that day each got three eggs, as well, and one also got a ...
Tax bill could end sisters' good works
Tanya Talaga
Even godliness is no protection from a potentially huge property tax hike.
Medical atrocities did not end with Nazi era
Stuart Laidlaw
The socialization of doctors to evil did not begin in Germany, a Holocaust Education Week gathering heard this week, and it didn't end there, either. In fact, we hear echoes of it to this day.
Muslim, Catholic leaders meet
Ariel David
The Vatican has opened a religious conference aimed at improving strained Catholic-Muslim relations.
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