Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Lindsay Jones
Publication Date: November 1, 2025 - 06:15
Fighting to keep its local church, a Newfoundland town finds its prayers answered
November 1, 2025
The people of a small town on the southeastern tip of Newfoundland have had their prayers answered.
The leaders of Portugal Cove South, a fishing town two hours from St. John’s, made headlines last year, including in this newspaper, for seizing their own church after learning the archdiocese was selling the building to help pay for a settlement in a historical sexual abuse scandal. Parishioners, hell-bent on keeping their church, changed the locks, posted no trespassing signs, banned the archbishop, thwarted a real estate sale and were eventually ordered by a court to stand down.
Unpublished Newswire
Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, signed a key defence agreement on Sunday to boost combat drills and expand security alliances to deter aggression, officials said.Canada and other Western nations have been bolstering their military presence in the Indo-Pacific to help promote the rule of law and expand trade and investment in the region. The strategy dovetails with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ’s efforts to build defence ties with other countries to help the Philippines’ underfunded military face...
November 2, 2025 - 09:47 | Jim Gomez | The Globe and Mail
The conservative backlash is growing to Friday’s Supreme Court of Canada ruling throwing out mandatory minimum sentences for child pornography crimes.
“This ruling raises serious questions about whether the punishments will truly reflect the severity of these offences and the pain they inflict,” Nova Scotia Justice Minister Scott Armstrong said in a statement on Saturday.
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November 2, 2025 - 09:24 | National Post Staff | National Post
Calgarians like their mayors young and trail-blazing.
Jeromy Farkas, 39, was officially sworn in as Calgary’s 38th mayor this week, alongside 14 city councillors, 10 of whom are rookies. Former mayor Dave Bronconnier assumed the mantle at age 39; Naheed Nenshi was 38.
In 2010, Nenshi was widely hailed as the first Muslim mayor of a big North American city. In 2021, Jyoti Gondek was elected as the city’s first female mayor. Farkas identifies as bisexual, making him Calgary’s first openly LGBTQ mayor.
His worship is still beaming when we talk; he’s been mayor for less than 24...
November 2, 2025 - 09:00 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | National Post
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