A coalition of Christian groups and parents is disappointed by a Supreme Court of Canada decision preventing them from opting children out of ethics and religious instruction.

Emergency room staff at The Ottawa Hospital are given assistance in coping with tough ethical dilemmas by a doctor with special expertise.

Canada's top court has rejected an appeal from parents in Quebec who sought the right to keep their children out of an ethics and religious culture program taught in the province's schools.

The federal ethics commissioner will not be investigating associate defence minister Julian Fantino after determining that documents purporting to show undisclosed bank accounts in the Cayman Islands are fakes.