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Ethical Living | Society
Today’s ultra-engaged parents suffer when their kids take flight
“People get angry when empty nesters feel sad, and they’ll say things like ‘Why don’t you just go volunteer?’ But their grief is real.”
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Spirituality | Opinion
The Holland I never knew
A first-generation Dutch-Canadian wrestles with her religious history in the land of her ancestors
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Ethical Living | Opinion
Should you give a panhandler money?
The answer isn’t always obvious.
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Spirituality | Religion
5 facts about the Gideons
1. The Gideons International in Canada employs 32 people and has an annual budget of $8 million. It’s funded by membership dues, non-member donations, bequests and major gifts and donations from its 275 chapters. 2. Since its inception, the Canadian arm has distributed 28 million copies of the scriptures in…
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Justice | Society
How one group of women stood up to Bill Cosby by disrupting him on stage
I wasn't amused when comedian Bill Cosby came to town amid fresh allegations of sexual assault. So I and 30 others planned our own stand-up moment.
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Justice | Indigenous
Sixties Scoop survivors sue Ottawa for identity genocide — a first
Some 20,000 children were taken from their families from the 1960s to 1980s and placed with non-Indigenous families
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Ethical Living | Society
Extreme downsizers ditch possessions for tiny homes and big freedom
They live in spaces not much larger than a storage locker, but say having less stuff means living more
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Celebrations | Society
Divorce doesn’t have to be ugly. How about a sweet ritual instead?
Some couples are holding ceremonies to mark the end of a marriage, complete with flowers and music
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Celebrations | Religion
The Christmas crèche has an enduring appeal, a powerful symbol of hope
The crèche evokes Eden before the fall, a moment of paradise regained where all God’s creatures dwell in harmony
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UCC in Focus | Religion
Christian Reformer on the moment he knew he had to get out
John Suk talks about what led him to join such a different faith community from the one of his childhood.
