It’s time for basic income guarantee

Jan 29, 2015 | Justice

BY JAMIE SWIFT The world’s richest man is a chubby sort of chap by the name of Slim.  If he spent his money at the rate of a million dollars a day, it would take Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim 220 years to spend his $80-billion fortune. In January, an Oxfam report...

Climate change in Ontario?

Jan 16, 2015 | Integrity of Creation and Climate Change

Bridget Doherty takes a little rest during the People’s Climate Change March in New York City in October. BY BRIDGET DOHERTY As part of a regular update to the Sisters of Service, who co-fund the Integrity of Creation position of the Justice, Peace and Integrity...

A whole new take on local, when it comes to food

Jan 16, 2015 | Justice

BY TARA KAINER From Toronto to Vancouver, Chicago to California, Seoul, South Korea to Havana, Cuba and points in between, Jennifer Cockrall-King explores the future of food in Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Food Revolution (Prometheus Books, 2012)....

Shining a light in St. Mary’s Hospital, Camrose

Jan 16, 2015 | Archives News

Original chapel, St. Mary’s Hospital, Camrose, Alberta ca. 1925. Photo: 203.2.1-92, Archives, Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. BY VERONICA STIENBURG Ninety years ago, Sister Mary Angel Guardian Mangan supervised the building of St. Mary’s Hospital in...

Serving the very poor

Jan 16, 2015 | Peru News

BY SISTER GAYLE DESARMIA This year the Providence Associates in Peru have undertaken an important ministry to the very poor in their area. After evaluating their own ministries and the needs present in the area of Carabayllo, they have decided to focus their ministry...