The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:04:12 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Amid violence streets still have their moments of grace /opinion/columnists/item/26179-amid-violence-streets-still-have-their-moments-of-grace /opinion/columnists/item/26179-amid-violence-streets-still-have-their-moments-of-grace There are few, if any, parishes in Toronto that had three shooting deaths in the first month of the year and followed them up with two more in the next few months. Add to this an epidemic of drug overdoses and a picture of lawlessness could emerge.]]> robert.kinghorn@ekinghorn.com (Robert Kinghorn) Robert Kinghorn Fri, 13 Oct 2017 13:59:40 -0400 Covenant HouseöĎÓăĘÓƵapp safe place for sex trafficked opens /item/23160-covenant-house-s-safe-place-for-sex-trafficked-opens /item/23160-covenant-house-s-safe-place-for-sex-trafficked-opens

TORONTO – When Casandra Diamond left “the game” 11 years ago she cried every day for about three months.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada: Toronto-GTA Fri, 23 Sep 2016 08:30:00 -0400 Bill C-36: protection over exploitation /item/18452-bill-c-36-protection-over-exploitation /item/18452-bill-c-36-protection-over-exploitation

OTTAWA - The federal government had a choice with its new prostitution regulations, said Justice Minister Peter McKay: it could “condone the exploitation” of women and children “or protect them.”

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