The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:00:21 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Bereavement bill passes in Alberta /item/34458-bereavement-bill-passes-in-alberta /item/34458-bereavement-bill-passes-in-alberta

Employees in Alberta will now be entitled to bereavement leave following any pregnancy that doesn’t end in a live birth, regardless of the reason or timing.

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Throughout this pandemic lockdown, everyone must be going through a range of emotions at various times, from fear and anxiety to frustration and lethargy.

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TACLOBAN, Philippines - The sun was fierce over the field of dried grass and clumps of earth marked with 3,000 small white crosses. Priests in white vestments walked along the rows of graves, sprinkling streams of holy water from plastic bottles.

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