NOTE: I will be taking August off; next weekly update September 2. Carolyn Arends announced recently that she will soon take on a new role. This fall she will begin as director of education with Renovaré – the organization Richard Foster…
Over the next several months we will offer profiles of each of Vancouver’s 22 areas (and UBC). Kerrisdale is a very comfortable neighbourhood with many well-treed streets, featuring a mix of newer and older houses as well as a sizeable…
Fairview faces Vancouver’s downtown core across False Creek, and is linked to it by the Burrard, Granville and Cambie Street bridges. It is a very densely populated neighbourhood, featuring mostly low-rise apartments and condos. Out of 18,505 occupied private dwellings, only…
Note: This conference has been postponed to November 14. A Pre-Law Student Conference will take place August 28 – 29 in downtown Vancouver and at Trinity Western University (TWU) – at the end of the week in which the BC…
When Dennis and Mistin Wilkinson moved to Vancouver’s West End to plant Meta Communities five years ago, they knew finding their family of six a place to live would be nearly impossible. But God surprised them . . . twice.…
If you live in Vancouver, but still feel you’ve got a lot to learn about what makes the city tick, why not join UBC urban geography prof David Ley on his patented Postmodern Urban Spaces Tour this Saturday (July 18)?…
Metro Vancouver has not experienced a really big festival of Christian music for years. That situation will be remedied just over a week from now (August 1) with Praise Fest at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds’ Stetson Bowl. Joining headliner TobyMac…
Last Saturday (July 4), Christians concerned about climate change gathered in Vancouver with a coalition of faith, labour, environmental and Indigenous groups. Together they formed a symbolic wall of solidarity along the seawall in Stanley Park, committing to prevent expansion…
Next Wednesday morning (July 8) supporters of Metro Vancouver Alliance will be out in force to support Mayor Gregor Robertson as he follows through on a promise he made to them at MVA’s Municipal Election Accountability Assembly last October 9.…
Music camps, schools and choirs are popular draws for several faith-based community organizations in Metro Vancouver as they serve and build networks in their neighbourhoods. One such is Shire Music Centre, which is running Rock Camps in two Burnaby locations…