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TORONTO – In historic Osgoode Hall, 17 lawyers along with eight banker boxes of documents were arrayed three benches deep in front of Justice Herman J. Wilton-Siegel, Justice Richard A. Lococo and Justice Wendy W. Matheson before lawyer Albertos Polizogopoulos made his opening arguments on behalf of the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada and in favour of the Charter right of doctors to practice medicine according to their conscience.

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Bravo for Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, who has emerged as a white knight for Catholic education.

]]> editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 04 May 2017 04:58:00 -0400 Funding of non-Catholics in Catholic schools violates Charter, Saskatchewan judge rules /item/24964-funding-of-non-catholics-in-catholic-schools-violates-charter-saskatchewan-judge-rules /item/24964-funding-of-non-catholics-in-catholic-schools-violates-charter-saskatchewan-judge-rules

REGINA – A judgment in a 12-year-old court case has sent shock waves through SaskatchewanƵapp Catholic education community and left Regina Archbishop Donald Bolen “disheartened.”

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TORONTO - With 100,000 pink and blue flags littered across the front lawn of QueenƵapp Park representing CanadaƵapp annual abortion toll, a blogger and a Protestant civil rights organization announced a constitutional challenge to Ontario freedom of information laws that keep all abortion statistics secret.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:00:00 -0400