Well, Ken Sim won’t be there, but all the other key Vancouver mayoral candidates will be – for the Metro Vancouver Alliance (MVA) Municipal Election Assembly. Join hundreds of members of faith, labour, community and nonprofit organizations next Wednesday (September…
Numbering Our Days: Time at the Movies (September 16 to October 3, Dal Schindell Gallery at Regent College) We live inside a clock. Our lives are measured by the movements of the Earth and Moon, by the rhythms of days,…
Anyone who travels out to the UBC campus will have noticed the major development on the northeast corner of University Boulevard and Wesbrook Mall. That project – Menno Hall – is now all but complete, hosting students and several initiatives.…
This is my third local books round-up of 2026, covering 10 recent books from the Christian community. As always, there is a wide range of topics. The write-ups are primarily from Amazon and publisher / author sites. Karl Petersen: Left…
Brian Doerksen passed away in mid-summer (July 21, after having been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer), so this is not news. But as I read the many reflections, comments and eulogies after his death I realized how positive an influence…
On a sunny Thursday afternoon this past August, a group comprising Protestant and Catholic volunteers, addiction-recovery professionals, civic politicians, recovering addicts, representatives of a family-run philanthropic fund and a Catholic priest crowded into the living room of a modest home…
Peter Ash is recognized by the UN Human Rights Council as one of the “champions of the albinism cause.” Ash, whose Under the Same Sun (UTSS) group is based in Surrey, has been active in dispelling myths about albinism since…