23-Jun-06. Board tests bishop’s ban. Calgary Sun, 3.

Board chair Cathie Williams said that Calgary’s Catholic School Board will move ahead with fundraising using bingos and casinos despite a threat from Bishop Fred Henry to strike schools’ Catholic designation. Yesterday, board officials met with school principals to discuss their decision to go ahead with gambling fundraisers that bring in more than $2-million a year. Williams said the district is not in defiance of Henry’s role as ultimate authority, but insisted the board and students’ parents have a right to make such decisions.