The Sacred Texts: Canadian perspectives on the Bible, Qu’ran, Torah, and their place in modern society

Majority see positive lessons in Bible, but many Christians believe it has dated views on sexuality, gender December 21, 2022 – The holiday season is often a time to reflect on the positive aspects of one’s life. As the calendar

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Inflation, health care, the ‘Freedom Convoy’ and more: ARI Top Five Stories of 2022

Story One – Economic Woes and Inflation While the year began with widespread health concerns, as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spread, it was largely defined by financial worry. Inflation rose to a 39-year high of 8.1 per cent in

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Gun control, National Unity and more: ARI Top Stories of 2022 – 6 through 10

Story Six – Canadians feel divided, national unity tested One thing that the freedom convoy protests have laid bare is that portions of the Canadian population feel divided from others. The Angus Reid Institute found four-in-five Canadians saying that the

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Do we really need government to tell us to mask up?

By Shachi Kurl, President Apparently, all that 54 per cent of Canadians want for Christmas is to be told they must wear masks again. OK, I jest. It’s not all they want. There are other stocking stuffers on the list,

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Unmasked but not Unwilling? More than half would bring back mask mandates, including many who rarely wear one

Three-in-ten Canadians (31%) say they’re wearing a mask most of the time when in public spaces December 22, 2022 – This year’s holiday season looks a lot different than the previous two, with public health restrictions now largely left to

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Federal leadership: Trudeau enjoys end of year approval bump; Poilievre remains deeply unpopular with women

54% view CPC leader unfavourably, twice the number who said same of Harper at similar point in reign December 19, 2022 – As Christmas nears, Canadians have more holiday jeers than holiday cheers for the official leader of the opposition.

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