Church leaders met in March with Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray and his aides - another in a series of meetings aimed at resolving the residential schools crisis, but the discussion produced no agreement, said Archdeacon Jim...
Category: May 2001, Residential Schools
Mississauga, Ont. The national church's financial situation continues to deteriorate as talks with the federal government about the residential schools crisis move at a disappointingly slow rate and the pace of litigation...
Category: April 2001, Council of General Synod, Residential Schools
The possibility that the Anglican Church of Canada might have to pay Ottawa $95 million to be released from residential schools claims has at least one congregation up in arms. The parish council of St. John the Evangelist,...
Category: April 2001, Residential Schools
The residential schools crisis has moved closer to resolution with reports that the federal government is considering assuming at least $2 billion in legal costs and that Ottawa is proposing the Anglican Church of Canada pay $95...
Category: March 2001, Residential Schools
Anglicans in other parts of the world are bewildered by the residential schools crisis in Canada. Many also share in the effects of budget cuts the Canadian church has had to implement, according to Canon John Peterson, secretary...
Category: March 2001, Residential Schools, Anglican Communion
Elder Henry Ogemah, a former student at Pelican Falls Residential School in Sioux Lookout, Ont., cut the ribbon last fall opening a new high school on the site - a symbol of hope for native communities scarred by boarding school...
Category: March 2001, Residential Schools
Mississauga, Ont. The national church expects to continue grappling with financial difficulties in 2001 despite a year that saw staff layoffs and spending cuts in most areas. Council of General Synod (CoGS) - the governing...
Category: January 2001, Council of General Synod, Residential Schools
Toronto Anticipating possible change in the structure of the national church, the four ecclesiastical provinces have agreed to continue the canons, or laws, of the church in case of the insolvency of General Synod. ...
Category: January 2001, Residential Schools

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien wants to solve the Native residential schools crisis in a way that does not involve bankrupting churches, says Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray. Mr. Chrétien has directed...
Category: December 2000, Residential Schools

Canadian Anglican bishops got an update on the residential schools crisis, discussed liturgy changes, Lutherans, and the Primate's fund - and engaged in a lively debate on the female prophet Huldah, at their regular fall meeting....
Category: December 2000, Residential Schools