The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:32:03 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Journey Home hospice blessed /item/35253-journey-home-hospice-blessed /item/35253-journey-home-hospice-blessed

If the Journey Home Hospice is already a blessing on the lives of TorontoƵapp homeless, itƵapp only fitting that the hospice itself should be blessed.

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mikes@catholicregister.org-sp-1131313561 (Michael Swan) Canada Fri, 10 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0500
Delta Hospice Society set to rise again /item/34264-delta-hospice-society-set-to-rise-again /item/34264-delta-hospice-society-set-to-rise-again

In some corners of this country there are people for whom the fight over euthanasia will never end. They are in a minority but they are tough and courageous and determined.

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clewis@catholicregister.org (Charles Lewis) Canada Wed, 13 Apr 2022 11:17:41 -0400
Peter Stockland: Delta Hospice Society keeps up fight for life /opinion/columnists/item/33632-peter-stockland-delta-hospice-society-keeps-up-fight-for-life /opinion/columnists/item/33632-peter-stockland-delta-hospice-society-keeps-up-fight-for-life

The board of a hospice society in suburban Vancouver is fighting for its pro-life life this October. It is also already looking ahead to new life for palliative care in a continent-wide network of euthanasia-free care centres.

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peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) Peter Stockland Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:30:00 -0400
MargaretƵapp Place Hospice a gift of love /item/33451-margaret-s-place-hospice-a-gift-of-love /item/33451-margaret-s-place-hospice-a-gift-of-love

The doors have opened at the newest hospice in the Hamilton, Ont., area as the ribbon was cut on the new MargaretƵapp Place Hospice on the campus of St. JosephƵapp Villa.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 03 Sep 2021 08:46:48 -0400
Charles Lewis: The intolerance of a tolerant nation /opinion/columnists/item/33058-charles-lewis-the-intolerance-of-a-tolerant-nation /opinion/columnists/item/33058-charles-lewis-the-intolerance-of-a-tolerant-nation

I often point out how little we as Christians and social conservatives are respected in Canadian society. ItƵapp as if we are not even citizens and our points of view are so hideous it is taken for granted we deserve to be crushed whenever we articulate our crazy ideas.

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clewis@catholicregister.org (Charles Lewis) Charles Lewis Wed, 05 May 2021 09:01:37 -0400
Supreme Court deals final blow to hospice society /item/33004-supreme-court-deals-final-blow-to-hospice-society /item/33004-supreme-court-deals-final-blow-to-hospice-society

VANCOUVER -- Delta Hospice Society has lost its final legal opportunity to prevent a takeover of its board by euthanasia advocates.

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Canada Thu, 22 Apr 2021 09:08:47 -0400
Editorial: Freedom denied /columns/item/32952-editorial-freedom-denied /columns/item/32952-editorial-freedom-denied

The little hospice that refused to give in to the steamrolling politics of so-called “medical assistance in dying” is no more.

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editor@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Editorial) Editorial Thu, 08 Apr 2021 12:13:48 -0400
B.C. hospice society facing uncertain future /item/32908-b-c-hospice-society-facing-uncertain-future /item/32908-b-c-hospice-society-facing-uncertain-future

DELTA, B.C. -- The Delta Hospice Society is crowdfunding to raise money for a potential court challenge after it was evicted from the state-of-the-art facilities it built on land owned by the local health authority.

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Canada Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:00:00 -0400
B.C. health authority evicts Delta Hospice Society /item/32789-b-c-health-authority-evicts-delta-hospice-society /item/32789-b-c-health-authority-evicts-delta-hospice-society

VANCOUVER -- The Fraser Health Authority has given the Delta Hospice Society 30 days’ notice to vacate the Irene Thomas Hospice in South Delta, B.C.

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Canada Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:07:57 -0500
Peter Stockland: Hospice closure a sign of spiritual malignancy /opinion/columnists/item/32602-peter-stockland-hospice-closure-a-sign-of-spiritual-malignancy /opinion/columnists/item/32602-peter-stockland-hospice-closure-a-sign-of-spiritual-malignancy

The fate forced upon the 10-bed Irene Thomas Hospice this month is symptomatic of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) evolving from political maleficence to spiritual malignancy.

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peterstockland@catholicregister.org (Peter Stockland) Peter Stockland Fri, 15 Jan 2021 14:30:00 -0500