Canadian news.
February 5, 2026
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis tabled Bill C-260, a new piece of legislation that would prevent people in positions of authority from initiating conversations about medical assistance in dying (MAiD) with individuals who haven't requested it.
After 50 years of sharing their love and faith together, two teenage sweethearts will join Catholic couples from across the Archdiocese of Toronto in renewing their wedding vows at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica on Feb. 8.
February 3, 2026
Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Iqaluit, Nunavut, has been granted 75-per-cent relief on its 2023 and 2024 property tax bills by city council.
February 2, 2026
Hamilton's Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King was packed to capacity as faithful family, friends, clergy and dignitaries gathered to welcome their newest shepherd, Bishop Joseph Dabrowski, officially installed as the 10th Bishop of Hamilton.
During his Jan. 30 address at the Conservative Party of Canada's national policy convention (Jan. 29-31) in Calgary, Poilievre told those gathered, "You will have the ability to worship God in your own way.”
It’s not lost on the Archdiocese of Toronto that various fraud attempts and scams are ever evolving and remain a constant threat to exploiting trust from staff and Catholic communities at large.
January 31, 2026
Much of Western society has become “deaf to the word of life spoken not only by the Church but also by science,” Archbishop Richard Smith said at the recent Archbishop’s Annual Mass for Life at Vancouver’s Holy Rosary Cathedral.
With the sun shining on the waves, Archbishop Richard Smith made a pastoral visit to Vancouver’s port ministry, accompanying port chaplains in their duties supporting the spiritual welfare of docked seafarers and ship workers.
January 30, 2026
A Vancouver pro-life activist has been charged with mischief after being arrested during a four-hour protest outside the city’s Every Woman’s Health Centre.
For the first time, the ShareLife campaign eclipsed the $15-million benchmark en route to an eye-popping $15,671,786 sum on behalf of over 40 social service agencies in the Greater Toronto Area.