Readers respond to Canada’s plan to boost military spending
After Mark Carney pledged to raise defence spending to five percent of GDP, we asked readers to weigh in
‘Do I want to be liked, or do I want to speak the Gospel?’
Banned for life from the Ontario legislature's public gallery for his protest, Rev. Jeffrey Dale is an outspoken advocate for safe-consumption sites
A tug of war over animal testing is dividing the scientific community
Animal-free alternatives to validate drug safety exist, so why are some researchers still hung up on it?
Rwanda, healing from genocide, is now an African success story
About 800,000 perished in 100 horrifying days in 1994, but a system of traditional restorative justice has helped bring the nation back
Ottawa clamping down on human smugglers of refugees to Canada
But some say the practice shouldn't be vilified. It's not trafficking and may be the only way for people in danger of
Iran’s opposition group, now peaceful, is still labeled “terrorist”
The Mujahedeen-e-Khalq laid down its arms a decade ago, after many years of brutal violence, but it is still on Canada's public
United Church mandates education on racism, and ways to root it out
Ministers will have to take the training and to consider how white privilege creeps into life in the church and ministry
Blindness is a nuisance, but it carries blessings, too, minister says
Sharon Ballantyne is the United Church's first blind ordained minister. It's not about being a pioneer. It's about not letting fear get
Famine epidemic stalks the world’s poor, but solutions are at hand
Spiking food prices have caused a world food crisis. It's rooted in petro-politics and the flaws of the global food system
United Church’s point person on refugees talks to the Observer
Susan Ferguson says Canada is going to start getting a wave of people fleeing the Iraqi war and that congregations may want
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