Quebec will ban religion in daycares

QUEBEC -- Family Minister Tony Tomassi, who denied on Tuesday that government-funded daycare centres are dispensing religious instruction, admitted Wednesday the practice exists, but said it would end. "Henceforth" about 20 daycares in the province offering instruction to children from birth to five years of age will not be allowed to ...

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University of Winnipeg’s Department of Theatre and Film presents Fragments of Whispers and Secrets

Fragments of Whispers and Secrets is an original performance work generated and constructed by the actors and director. The piece was begun from a broad thematic exploration of war and mental illness and the further ...

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