Opinion Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:44:20 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Trinity Western University removes mandatory community covenant /item/27821-trinity-western-university-removes-mandatory-community-covenant /item/27821-trinity-western-university-removes-mandatory-community-covenant

OTTAWA – After battling all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada to defend its mandatory community covenant, Trinity Western University (TWU) has decided to drop it for students.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:29:59 -0400
Law student puts his faith to a legal test /item/27073-law-student-puts-his-faith-to-a-legal-test /item/27073-law-student-puts-his-faith-to-a-legal-test

VANCOUVER – News about Trinity Western UniversityƵapp attempts to open a Christian law school, and the ensuing battles in the courts and the media, has spread across the country many times over.

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Higher Education Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:31:40 -0400
Religious freedom ‘on an abyss of revolutionary change', lawyers warn /item/26464-religious-freedom-on-an-abyss-of-revolutionary-change-lawyers-warn /item/26464-religious-freedom-on-an-abyss-of-revolutionary-change-lawyers-warn OTTAWA – Religious freedom in Canada is facing a “watershed moment” and may be “on an abyss of a revolutionary change,” argued lawyers in a Supreme Court of Canada case involving a Christian universityƵapp proposed law school.
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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 05 Dec 2017 08:44:26 -0500
Trinity Western University covenant goes on trial yet again /opinion/columnists/item/26449-trinity-western-university-covenant-goes-on-trial-yet-again /opinion/columnists/item/26449-trinity-western-university-covenant-goes-on-trial-yet-again Several years ago when the Trinity Western University law school battle was just building, I was shocked to hear a devout Catholic friend trash its controversial Community Covenant.
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peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) Peter Stockland Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:34:28 -0500
Catholic voices to be heard at Supreme Court in religious freedom case /item/25868-catholic-voices-to-be-heard-at-supreme-court-in-religious-freedom-case /item/25868-catholic-voices-to-be-heard-at-supreme-court-in-religious-freedom-case

OTTAWA – CanadaƵapp Catholic Bishops and the Catholic Civil Rights League have been granted intervener status in an important religious freedom case to be heard later this year by the Supreme Court.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:16:00 -0400
Supreme Court to hear Trinity Western University's religious freedom case /item/24467-supreme-court-to-hear-trinity-western-s-religious-freedom-case /item/24467-supreme-court-to-hear-trinity-western-s-religious-freedom-case

OTTAWA – Trinity Western University will have an opportunity to defend its religious freedom and pro-traditional marriage community covenant before the Supreme Court of Canada.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 28 Feb 2017 15:37:00 -0500
Nova ScotiaƵapp law society not appealing recent TWU ruling /item/22891-nova-scotia-s-law-society-not-appealing-recent-twu-ruling /item/22891-nova-scotia-s-law-society-not-appealing-recent-twu-ruling

OTTAWA – The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society will not seek an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada of a recent court decision that prevents it from barring graduates of a proposed law school at Trinity Western University (TWU) from practising law in the province.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 16 Aug 2016 12:02:39 -0400
Nova Scotia must accredit Trinity Western University law school graduates, court rules /item/22759-nova-scotia-must-accredit-trinity-western-university-law-school-graduates-court-rules /item/22759-nova-scotia-must-accredit-trinity-western-university-law-school-graduates-court-rules

OTTAWA – The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society will be required to accredit Trinity Western UniversityƵapp law school graduates.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:38:24 -0400
Ontario court rules against Trinity Western University law school accreditation /item/22607-ontario-court-rules-against-trinity-western-university-law-school-accreditation /item/22607-ontario-court-rules-against-trinity-western-university-law-school-accreditation

TORONTO – The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a lower courtƵapp ruling on the Law Society of Upper CanadaƵapp decision to not accredit graduates of Trinity Western UniversityƵapp law school.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Canada Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:49:24 -0400
No reason to celebrate as same-sex marriage turns 10 /item/20582-no-reason-to-celebrate-as-same-sex-marriage-turns-10 /item/20582-no-reason-to-celebrate-as-same-sex-marriage-turns-10

OTTAWA - On July 20, 2005 same-sex marriage became legal in Canada. Ten years later, Canada has experienced a steady erosion of religious freedom and conscience rights, undergone negative changes in sex education and parental rights, while also seeing a shift in the rights of children, according to several observers.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Sat, 18 Jul 2015 12:00:00 -0400