Firefighters make progress, bring some Quebec wildfires under control
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Reuters The number of wildfires raging out of control across Quebec dropped on Sunday as firefighters in the Canadian province gained the upper hand in some areas, a provincial minister said on Sunday. Quebec Natural Resources Minister Maite Blanchette Vezina said told reporters that the number of out-of-control fires in the eastern […]
International help rolls in to fight persistent Canadian wildfires
Ottawa, CanadaReuters Allies around the world have promised to increase their help to Canada in its fight against hundreds of blazes that have swept through the country in its worst-ever start to wildfire season. Forest fires that have gathered strength over the last month have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes and […]
Canada on track for its worst-ever wildfire season
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Canada is on track for its worst-ever year of wildfire destruction as warm and dry conditions are forecast to persist through to the end of the summer after an unprecedented start to the fire season, officials said on Monday. Blazes are burning in nearly all Canadian provinces and territories, and federal government […]
Two dead, over a million without power after ice storm hits Canada
Ottawa, CanadaReuters Two people died and more than a million were without power on Thursday after an ice storm hit Canada’s two most-populated provinces ahead of a holiday weekend, bringing freezing rain and strong winds that toppled trees and weighed down power lines. Just under a million people did not have power in Quebec and […]
Vatican cardinal sues for defamation in Quebec assault claim
Rome, ItalyAP A Vatican cardinal sued a Canadian woman for defamation in a Canadian court on Tuesday after she accused him of sexual assault while he was Archbishop of Quebec. Cardinal Marc Ouellet, head of the Vatican’s bishops’ office, is seeking $C100,000 in compensatory damages for “injury to his reputation, honor and dignity”, according to […]
Pope rules against investigating Canadian cardinal over sex assault claim
Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis has decided there is not sufficient evidence to open a church investigation into Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet over allegations of sexual assault, the Vatican said in a statement on Thursday. Ouellet, a prominent Vatican official, was named earlier this week in a class action lawsuit against the Quebec Catholic diocese that […]
Prominent Vatican cardinal named in Canada sexual assault lawsuit filing
Reuters Vatican Cardinal Marc Ouellet is the highest-ranking clergyman accused in a court document in Canada made public on Tuesday as part of a class action lawsuit against the Quebec Catholic diocese alleging sexual assault, the plaintiffs’ lawyer said. The lawsuit represents more than 100 people, including minors, who were alleged to have been sexually […]
Updated: Pope seeks forgiveness for sexual abuse at Canadian residential schools
Updated: 11:45am (AEST)Sainte-Anne-De-Beaupre, Quebec, Canada Reuters Pope Francis on Thursday asked for forgiveness for sexual abuse at Canadian schools for Indigenous children run by Catholic orders, addressing a deep wound that many survivors wanted him to acknowledge during his apology tour in Canada. Pope Francis greets the faithful before presiding over a Mass at the […]
Canada leaders tell Pope of horrors of Indigenous schools
Updated: 10:50am (AEST)Quebec City, CanadaReuters Canada’s leaders on Wednesday pointedly told Pope Francis of the horrors of church-run residential schools for Indigenous and the pontiff lamented that many were still living in poverty in one of the world’s richest countries. Francis flew east across the country from Edmonton in the prairies of Alberta to Quebec […]
Saints of Past Ages: St Anne
In a special Saints of Past Ages, EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, takes a look at St Anne and why she is so important to Indigenous peoples in Canada…