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Senate passes hate crime law
OTTAWA, ON-Despite an outpouring of concern from thousands of citizens, Canada's Senate voted overwhelmingly (59-11) to approve a private member's bill that adds "sexual orientation" to the Criminal Code section on hate propaganda...More

School shuts down Christian group
HAMILTON, ON-A Christian club banned from meeting inside the Hamilton secondary school its members attend hasn't let the opposition slow them down. Instead, about 50 students pack up chairs each week and trek half a kilometre to meet outdoors, no matter what the weather...More

Food aid sought for Baghdad churches
OAKVILLE, ON-A verse of Scripture helped convince a five-member mission team visiting Iraq in March where and how to build bridges with local evangelicals...More

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Canadians prominent at evangelical theology forum
WHEATON, IL-Nearly a quarter of the presentations at Wheaton College's 13th annual Theology Conference came from Canadians, prompting at least one host to utter vague murmurings about a Canadian "takeover plot."...More

Province kiboshes use of religious materials for distance-ed program
VICTORIA, BC-Thousands of parents who home-school with financial help from a British Columbia ministry of education program have been told they cannot stay in the program if they use unauthorized curricula-including any faith-based materials-to teach their children...More

Dalai Lama puts religion on public stage
OTTAWA-The Dalai Lama's late April visit to Ottawa was a carefully choreographed mixture of politics, religion and diplomacy. The revered and often controversial leader of Tibetan Buddhism spoke to 9,000 in a Saturday morning rally in the Civic Centre arena. It was a smaller version of mass meetings he addressed in Vancouver and Toronto. On the West Coast, 14,000 turned out to see him at the Pacific Coliseum. In Canada's largest city, he drew 29,000 to the SkyDome...More