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2009-07

Death sparks debate on Jehovah's Witness transfusion ban

2009-02

TransLink blocks atheistic ads on city buses, shelters

2008-12

Atheist students want God out of speech

2008-08

Poll finds 58% for evolution

2008-06

One in four don't believe in God, poll finds

2008-03

Taking Christ out of Christianity

2008-02

Ontario's helmet law discriminates against devout Sikhs, court told
Pilot restrained after 'talking to God' on flight to Heathrow

2007-12

For whom the Silver Bells toll...
Top court upholds religious divorce agreement
Keep hijabs off judges, teachers, says union boss
Father says killed daughter in Canadian hijab case

2007-11

Controversy erupts after schools pull 'atheist' book
Losing faith in Quebec

2007-10

Harper holds official meeting with Dalai Lama
New law to compel veiled women to uncover faces to vote
Port might finance up to $12M for parochial schools
Athiests [sic] put less value on love than believers: study
Ban teachers from religious dress, Quebec group says
Ban teachers from religious dress, Quebec group says

2007-09

Catholic school board in Halton may ban HPV vaccination
Atheism: is it just a trend?
Believing in numbers: current trends and statistics in atheism
The veiled threat to separation of church and state in Canada
Deportee can stay to change religion
Creationism raised as Ont. election issue

2007-08

City shouldn't meddle when religious groups perform good works

2007-06

The false dichotomy of science versus religion

2007-05

Canada's first museum of creation opens in Alberta

2007-04

Mississauga reporter attacked after criticizing Pakistani cleric

2007-02

Will Canadian secularism spread south of the border?

2006-11

Canada 'dumping ground' for sex-abuser priests from U.S.

2006-09

Pope Benedict criticizes Canadian Catholic politicians for backing gay marriage and abortion

2006-05

No photo required for some Hutterite drivers

2006-04

Keep religion out of politics, Canadians say
McGill challenges bizarre funding decision. Are there ID wankers in the Canadian federal government?

2006-02

Canadian Bishops: Atheists have no notion of right and wrong, etc.
Canada: What did Stephen Harper actually win?

2005-12

Canada: Communion wafers as snack food
Influence of Muslim voters is growing

2005-11

The devil's chaplains?

2005-10

Right wing nut: Wal-mart goes Wicca
Canada: A secular plot
'Exile' for same-sex support
Martin not shaken by loss of Catholic sacrament for supporting gay marriage

2005-09

Canadian bishops' task force urges ban on priests convicted of abuse
Sharia is gone but fear and hostility remain
International campaign against sharia court in Canada

2005-06

Canada: Activists warn churches on tax status
Address By Dr. Henry Morgentaler
Spreading the gospel of political evangelism

2005-05

Canada: Petition supporting honours for reproductive rights pioneer Henry Morgentaler
Religious trial defended
Canada diocese to sell assets for victims

2005-02

Lawyer, ex-priest sued over sex-abuse claims
Canada: Performing pastor wins discrimination case
Canada: Some officials won't perform gay marriages

2005-01

Canadian government turns down Catholic church's call to stop gay marriage
Canada: Polygamy, the next debate
Do varying views of the Bible explain US, Canada differences?

2004-12

Canada: Navy can't require sailor to remove hat during prayer
Canada's supreme court okays gay marriage
Bush's embarrassing Canadian visit; Pierre Berton obituary

2004-11

Old-time religion gives way to diversity
American atheists can find atheist heaven in Canada
Coercion in the name of God

2004-09

Canada: Jimmy Swaggart threatens to kill gays
Canada: Muslims rally against hijab ban

2004-08

Will Canada introduce Sharia law?
Canada: Bibles banned from citizenship ceremonies
Right wing: The Boy Scouts survive because of their discrimination--claims Canadian Scouting program ruined by inclusiveness
Canada: Councillors mull city hall prayer issue

2004-07

Canada: Bad moon on the rise--human rights cases and odd beliefs
Canada: Government bans bibles for newcomers
CA: Canadian friar accused of child molestation housed by Santa Barbara religious complex

2004-06

Canadian Christianity: The art of being human in a scientific age; standard 'yes, we do need religion for something or other' nattering
Canada: Morgentaler, other pro-choice advocates to speak on abortion rights and the federal election
Canada: Same-sex marriage, abortion may figure in debate
Canada: Faith should encourage, not spook voters, religious leaders
Religious and politics in Canada
Canada: Protests rise over Islamic law in Ontario

2004-05

Canada: Sharia tribunals bear watching
Canada: Life under Sharia in Canada?
Canada: Stop Christian-bashing
Canada: Sheikh Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sudayyis to speak in Toronto
Canada: Conservative leader wants to be judged on policies, not religion
Canada: MPs ask PM to condemn party tactics re 'social conservatism' of opposition
How Bill Davis changed the face of Canadian school funding 20 years

2004-04

Catholic civil rights league criticizes Canada for gay hate crime law
Canada: Robinson's bill on gay hate crime passed by Senate
Canada: Petition hopes to use public funds for all faith schools, not just Catholic
Dalai fever hits Canada
Canada: Constitutional democracy or theocracy?
Canada: Stomping on free speech

2004-03

Canada: Ontario school ban on distributing Bibles irks Gideons
Canada: Retired Toronto priest suspended from archdiocese for supporting same-sex marriage
Women campaign against setting up Shari'a tribunals in Canada
Canada: Archbishop: No northern sexual abuse report

2004-02

Canada: Humanists of Toronto win charitable status in legal settlement
Thomas Jefferson on the same-sex marriage debate
CANADA: They already know who's going to come; The Toronto Psychic Expo

2004-01

Canada: Muslim challenges inwardness
Canada: Religious cases before supreme court
Canada: Comment re 16 percent 'religionless': They're still 'spiritual', really
Canada: 12 people falsely accused of 'satanic abuse' were victims of malicious prosecution

2003-12

Canada: Retroactive repeal of religious school tax credits
Canada: Another Subway's manager claims religious discrimination
Canada/Ontario: Opponent of nativity scene says he's not a grinch
Canada/Op-ed: Cultural censorship is ruining Christmas carols
Canada: IHEU expresses concern re proposal for Shariah tribunals
Canada appoints first Muslim army chaplain
Canada: Lawsuit over retroactive repeal of religious education tax credits
Canada: MP back at work after being assaulted by man upset about politicians' support for gay marriage
Canada: Court backs scrapping of tax breaks for private, religious schools

2003-11

Canada: MP who wants homosexuality criminalized is fired
Canadian MP, former US Baptist pastor: criminalize homosexuality
Canada: Kingston mayor nixes swearing-in prayer and blessing

2003-10

Reader's Digest Poll: What Canadians believe
Canada: Ontario farmer says license photo 'work of the Devil'
US creationist speaks in Canada
Canada: Supreme Court rejects request to appeal gay marriage ruling
Canada: supreme court rejects request for same-sex appeal

2003-09

Canadian author causes stir with 'The Trouble with Islam'; refusing 'to join an army of automatons in the name of Allah'
Gay couple married in Canada denied entry to US; customs clearance form declaring them a 'family' refused
Canada: Motion defining marriage as 'institution reserved for a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others' narrowly defeated in parliament
Canada: Father admits killing 6 children 'to save them from hell on Earth'
Canada: MPs extend hate crime protection to gays
Canada: Parliament votes down motion against gay marriage
Toronto writer braces for backlash as 'The Trouble with Islam' releases
Canada: Justice minister unfazed by same-sex prayer protest

2003-08

Canada/Quebec: Court finds Jehovah's Witnesses can knock on doors
Canada: Where polygamy rules; On a B.C. commune called Bountiful, a Mormon sect keeps the world at bay
TX subsidiary of Canadian firm sued for firing Mormon for not smoking and drinking
Canada: Thousands rally on parliament hill against same-sex marriages
Canada/letter: God and country
Pierre Berton, the original Canadian idol, a proud atheist
Conservative Christian groups opposed to gay marriage demonstrate at Canadian parliament
Canada: Satire/op-ed: We could all burn in hell if gays are free to marry
Canadian justice minister: government has made up its mind on gay marriage
Newfoundland, Canada: Catholic priest bucks church on gay unions
Op-ed/Canada: Dear John Paul: Don't even think about it
Op-ed/Canada: When crackpots issue veiled threats to sway government policy, we should lose whatever tolerance we had for the general foolishness of religions
Poll: 57% of Catholic Canadians reject Vatican line, support gay marriage
Op-ed/Canada: To hell with Jean Chretien; threats from the clergy nothing new in Canadian politics
Chretien family history mirrors Canada's traditional church-state separation
Canada: Priests carry same-sex attack to pulpit
Bishop draws fire for targeting Canadian PM

2003-07

Canadian PM threatened by Vatican's man in Ottawa over gay marriage
Catholic archbishop of Ottawa tells Canadian PM if he is a 'good Catholic', he should oppose gay marriage
Canada: Morgentaler takes New Brunswick to court; says province's refusal to pay for abortions contravenes constitution, Canada Health Act
Canada: In Yoda we trust -- census finds 16 per cent report 'no religion' -- another 20,000 say they're Jedis
Canadian Jewish Congress fears 'Jews for Jesus' door-to-door campaign could lead to violence
Canada: Ottawa to unveil same-sex legislation Thursday in referral to Supreme Court
Canada: Sociologist questions Jewish population study
Canada: Religious groups wish to challenge gay marriage ruling

2003-06

Letter re gay marriage: stoning, slavery, murder, and other helpful Biblical advice
Eighteen per cent of Canadian teens identify themselves as having no religion
Canada: Gay marriage law moves a step closer
U.S. gays looking to Canada as wedding destination

2003-05

Canadians losing their religion

2002-12

Three times more Canadians believe in God than believe they'll see the discovery of ET
Cult says it has cloned a human
HAC calls for secularization of public hospitals
Museum abandons Christian year system

2002-11

68% of Canadians say prayer has place in classroom
SK believers say Virgin Mary appearing in the frost
Unrepentant nun sentenced to 8 months in prison

2002-10

Raelians, school board clash
'Little darlings' lying about beatings
She said a prayer, then hit the children

2002-09

Man says he hit child 39 times with rod
Revenue Canada refuses to recognize humanist group
P.E.I. commune ruled by fear of God, court told
Religion-free service in Canada sparks criticism
Sex abuse concealed to protect 'clean image' of Witnesses
JWs made her cover up sexual abuse, woman says
Father vows to sue Jehovah's Witnesses

2002-08

Catholic Church out of step and driving members away
This atheist and World Youth Day
Enough of this right-wing Pope already!

2002-07

"Sewage of 800,000 pilgrims in my store"
Pope's visit: Tame media kept gloves on
Two NJ priests arrested for soliciting sex from minors
Montreal radio icon and atheist Gord Sinclair has died
Atheist wants God out of Canada's national anthem

2002-05

Toronto fundamentalists continue legal battle to beat their children

2002-04

Sikh boy returns to school with dagger
How a Catholic family took on the Church
After party election, Canadians have less faith in politics
Court rules Calgary girl must receive blood, even though against her religion
Alberta court to hear teen JW's blood transfusion case

2002-03

Sikh boy wears dagger to school
It's easy to forget how Christian Canada is
Do we have a misplaced faith in religious belief?
Father shunned by family for defying faith to save child

2002-02

Born-again doctor charged with misconduct for refusing to prescribe
Most Canadians don't consider being an atheist immoral
Politicians have no place in the churches of the nation

2001-12

Canada's hiding from the future
Appeals court upholds hate-mongering conviction against Christian pastor
Did Noah really need the Ark?
Ontario fundamentalists insist on striking their children, in defiance of court order

2001-11

Canadian UFO cult claims first human cloning
Children's Aid seizes five children from Ontario school

2001-10

Ottawa government moves to compensate victims of religious school abuse

2001-07

"Truce" allows children to return to their fundamentalist spanking parents
Church of God members flee Canada to avoid social workers rescuing their children

2001-06

Court upholds use of Lord's Prayer in Ontario House

2001-05

N.S. MLA boycotts prayer in Province House
Virgin Mary appears on newly-painted bedroom wall in Nova Scotia

1999-06

"God" and Canada's charter of rights

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