The Colour Collective is a group of artists overcoming disabilities through their artwork. In The View from Here, at Lookout Gallery, the artists “use landscape paintings to define and understand their world.” Painting instructor for the Colour Collective Deidre Blackmore… Read more →
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International China Concern creates families for China’s abandoned, disabled
by ICC Staff • • 0 Comments
When International China Concern (ICC) began its work in 1993, disabled children in China had a bleak future. The great majority of the children left in orphanages would die there; babies often lay shoulder-to-shoulder with several others in small cribs;… Read more →
Supreme Court’s decision for assisted suicide disappointing, too broad
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
The Supreme Court of Canada decided unanimously February 6 that doctors may lawfully help competent adults, who are grievously and irremediably ill, to end their lives. The court gave the federal and provincial governments 12 month to respond with legislation.… Read more →
Assisted suicide debate: Favour preservation of life over autonomy
by Bruce Clemenger • • 0 Comments
The Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments October 15 on the constitutionality of the assisted suicide prohibition in the case of Lee Carter, et al v. Attorney General of Canada, et al. This challenge of the assisted suicide prohibition was… Read more →
March 31 – April 6: Via Crucis, The City Harmonic, Awards of Excellence . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Thursday (April 3) will be a good day for those who appreciate art. Out at Regent College’s Lookout Gallery, an opening reception for Via Crucis: The Way of the Cross will introduce the work of five local artists. Dan Law,… Read more →