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Ethical Living, March 2024 | Ethics
Is it ethical for Canada to recruit health-care workers from countries with worse healthcare crises?
Canada is trying to solve its staffing crisis by luring doctors who are essential to their own countries' medical care
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Ethical Living | Environment
The secret lives of cows, chickens and pigs
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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Justice | Society
The link between diabetes among Indigenous peoples and colonialism
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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Aging | Society
Researchers are on hot on the trail of the fabled fountain of youth
But the ethical implications loom large -- how to cope with changing demographics, demand for resources?
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Justice | Society
A Canadian genocide?
A new museum in Winnipeg has become a flashpoint for how we interpret this country’s treatment of First Nations
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Celebrations | Society
Christmas pageant mishaps make fond memories, Larry Krotz finds
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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World | Religion
Israel invites tourists to see the Holy Land and history of Jesus
But the story of Palestine is difficult to ignore, with all its complexity, and so are the determined crowds
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Ethical Living | Society
Local food movement raises questions about access, equity, snobbery
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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UCC in Focus | Society
Condo units replace sanctuaries, pews and altars as churches sell up
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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Religion | Society
Churches once dominated this small stretch of Toronto. Not today
The transformation of churches on these two blocks in in the Junction mirrors vast changes that have taken place across Canadian society
