Be prepared for changes to provincial guidelines for worship services. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix held a telephone town hall with about 120 religious leaders Wednesday afternoon (November 10). While they were clear no…
By all accounts, the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference is a massive and overwhelming welter of events. Tens of thousands of people from all corners of the world are gathered (October 31 – November 12) at the massive Scottish Event…
Richard (Rick) Goossen guarantees that “You can be better than 90 percent of all public speakers by following the laws of success” in his new book, Public Speaking Laws of Success. ELO National Forum 2021 Before moving on to the book,…
Members of Fraser Lands Church in southeast Vancouver have been making regular trips to help the people of Lytton and nearby Indigenous communities. Residents in and around Lytton were evacuated from their homes when the village was burned to the…
The University of British Columbia (UBC) has bought property from one of Surrey’s largest churches. UBC released a statement November 2: The University of British Columbia is expanding its presence south of the Fraser River with the $70 million purchase…
Statistics Canada released an ‘Insights on Canadian Society’ study by Louis Cornelissen October 28 titled ‘Religiosity in Canada and its evolution from 1985 to 2019.’ Following are two portions of the 18-page report – the overview and the section on…
Four local people affiliated with A Rocha Canada will be taking part in COP26. The giant international gathering will focus on climate change from October 31 to November 12 in Glasgow. Expectations are high for the COP26 summit, which will…
A Rocha Canada is working with like-minded groups to oppose Surrey’s plan for an industrial park in the protected rural area which surrounds their Brookdale Environmental Centre property. An October 9 CBC News article by Justin McElroy describes the situation:…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got all the headlines with his belated appearance at the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc Nation. But another visit from the east is worth noting as well – RoseAnne Archibald was welcomed by Union Gospel Mission – and…
Tuesday (October 19) was a sad day, because the church in Vancouver – and well beyond – lost Don Lewis. Like so many others, I knew him through his classes at Regent College (he began teaching there in 1981, shortly…