EDMONTON -- Whether sheöÏÓãÊÓƵapp bringing a beehive or a squid into her classroom, Tonya Byrne believes that teaching is all about engaging the students.

The students at St. Mother Teresa Catholic Academy in Toronto didn’t grow up on a reserve or have Indigenous roots, but after a semester learning Grade 11 Indigenous Studies English, they knew they could still be allies to their native brothers and sisters. 

At 18, Joshua Bujold is about to return to high school. ItöÏÓãÊÓƵapp been a few years since heöÏÓãÊÓƵapp been surrounded by classmates and he hopes this time things will be different when he attends TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Msgr. Fraser High School.

A familiar face that has greeted visitors entering St. MichaelöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Cathedral Basilica since the late-1980s is getting a facelift.

A decision by the Ontario government to force high school students to earn four credits through online courses has put Catholic schools on notice. 

BANGKOK, Thailand -- ItöÏÓãÊÓƵapp not JoshuaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp fault. He was born into statelessness more than three years ago in Bangkok and immediately suffered a stroke that left him seriously brain damaged. But Joshua scares the rest of his family daily.

To those ministering to migrant workers in the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario, the efforts are a two-way street.

In June, for the first time ever, Canadians told pollsters their number one concern is the environment. This puts Canadians on the same page with Pope Francis, who has called on everybody — Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, even atheist — to face up to the reality of human-caused climate change in his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’.

 What a takeoff! 

With a total of nearly $5 million raised as of early July, the 15 parishes in the Pilot Wave of the Diocese of HamiltonöÏÓãÊÓƵapp One Heart, One Soul Campaign have topped their collective target of about $4.5 million, with more coming in.

The 156-yard, par-three third at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville is a tough test.