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Topics: Ethical Living, June 2024 | Ethics
Is it ethical for Canada to recruit health-care workers from countries with worse healthcare crises?
By Larry Krotz |Canada is trying to solve its staffing crisis by luring doctors who are essential to their own countries' medical care
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Topics: Ethical Living | Environment
The secret lives of cows, chickens and pigs
By Larry Krotz |What really happens on farms today? Many urbanites believe the worst. The writer heads into the countryside to see if the stereotypes are true.
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Topics: Justice | Society
The link between diabetes among Indigenous peoples and colonialism
By Larry Krotz |Rising rates of the disease among First Nations communities in Canada is leading some to re-examine the country's history of cultural assimilation
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Topics: Aging | Society
Researchers are on hot on the trail of the fabled fountain of youth
By Larry Krotz |But the ethical implications loom large -- how to cope with changing demographics, demand for resources?
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Topics: Justice | Society
A Canadian genocide?
By Larry Krotz |A new museum in Winnipeg has become a flashpoint for how we interpret this country’s treatment of First Nations
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Topics: Celebrations | Society
Christmas pageant mishaps make fond memories, Larry Krotz finds
By Larry Krotz |At age nine, Larry Krotz and his friends were praying for a crisis during the festive program, something to feast on for the coming year
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Topics: World | Religion
Israel invites tourists to see the Holy Land and history of Jesus
By Larry Krotz |But the story of Palestine is difficult to ignore, with all its complexity, and so are the determined crowds
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Topics: Ethical Living | Society
Local food movement raises questions about access, equity, snobbery
By Larry Krotz |For reasons that seem to defy logic, eating locally is also almost always more expensive and so is tough for people living on a budget
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Topics: UCC in Focus | Society
Condo units replace sanctuaries, pews and altars as churches sell up
By Larry Krotz |Former church buildings are drawing interest from developers who find that buyers are drawn to the aesthetic and design of places of worship
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Topics: Religion | Society
Churches once dominated this small stretch of Toronto. Not today
By Larry Krotz |The transformation of churches on these two blocks in in the Junction mirrors vast changes that have taken place across Canadian society