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September 29, 1999The Anglican Church will seek independent legal advice on whether to appeal a British Columbia Supreme Court ruling, but it has already paid the share of damages requested by the…- September 27, 1999The Anglican Church's national governing body, its General Synod, has made arrangements to pay the church's portion of a judgment in a case arising from sexual abuse in an Indian…
- September 1, 1999The British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled that the Government of Canada and the Anglican church are jointly responsible for sexual abuse committed in the early 1970s by a dormitory…
- June 17, 1999The Supreme Court of Canada has delivered two rulings which may have a significant impact on the ability of charitable organizations to provide residential care facilities and a range of…
- February 23, 1999Advocates of a ban on landmines are asking churches, schools, city halls and individuals to make a joyful noise on March 1, the day the mines ban officially becomes international…
- February 19, 1999Church House hallways are a little quieter, devoid of a familiar singing and of booming laughter; staff meetings don't have the same flavour.
- February 5, 1999Towards the end of January I visited Nicaragua on the way to Honduras to attend the launch of the Latin American Jubilee 2000 Campaign for Debt Cancellation. Even before Hurricane…
- February 1, 1999The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund has approved a total of $30,000 for efforts to bring relief aid to thousands of people affected by the earthquake in Columbia and…
- January 26, 1999The Anglican Church of Canada has reached a tentative agreement with a Toronto developer on the sale of its national office property.
- January 20, 1999When General Synod decided in 1995 that the national church should only continue with the work it does best, it might have left dioceses feeling a little bereft.
