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Forced marriages occur in Canada, new evidence shows
Forced marriages aren’t just a problem in foreign countries. A recent survey conducted by the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario shows Canada isn’t immune to the problem. “When people talk about this issue, most of the time people talk about the incidents of people taken abroad and they don’t talk about what happens domestically,”…
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Youth want to connect with next pope
Jordan Moffatt hopes that the next Holy Father will reach out to Catholic youth. Moffatt, a 23-year-old university graduate, was raised Catholic and still identifies with the church, but describes himself as a “non-practicing, non-believing Catholic.” “I’d like to see the next pope be someone a bit more moderate,” Moffatt said. “I’m not saying they need…
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Hard metal, fast cash and easy crime
Two days before Robert Munroe took possession of his new house on Hyatt Avenue in London, it was robbed. The thieves broke in at night and made off with some valuable metal. But they didn’t take gold bars or platinum coins. They took copper. “All the copper pipes had been stripped from the house. A…
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Fundraiser to help homeless teens
Shari Fulmer recalls her husband, Steve, coming home on a cold winter day four years ago to tell her a homeless teen walked up to him at a beer store, begging for a pair of mittens. “He was so upset about it and it affected me,” said Fulmer, a real estate broker in London, who…