Refugees are all around me here at this seniors’ campus of care. They walk through the café with their coffees and bundles of bananas from our campus grocery. They push their spouse in a wheelchair around the fountain gardens and…
When Grayson Bain spoke recently at the Vancouver Tea Festival, he described how he and the JusTea team in Vancouver are creating partnerships with Kenyan tea farmers which will allow those farmers and their families to retain the value of…
Newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has opened Canada’s doors for 25,000 Syrian refugees by early next year. What seemed like a good thing to many people has suddenly become very contentious following the terrorist attacks in Paris November 13.…
High-profile ethicist Dr. Margaret Somerville will be the guest speaker at the Christian Advocacy Society’s 25th annual Celebration Dinner at Bethany Baptist Church this Saturday (November 21). Karen Stiller of Faith Today magazine interviewed her earlier this year. Following is…
The Christian community in Metro Vancouver has already shown how ready it is to embrace refugees coming from the Middle East. In view of the Paris attacks, it is important to note that the welcome very much includes Muslims. Following…
Several actions, writings and gatherings illustrate a groundswell of local concern about environmental issues, and interest in the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Paris November 30 – December 11. The “meeting of all countries which want…
Churches and other public buildings may be necessary to house refugees in the short-term if Canada is to achieve its goal of bringing 25,000 refugees into the country. Chris Friesen, director of settlement services for Immigrant Services Society of BC…
Canadian Memorial United Church is once again opening its doors on Sunday (November 8) to provide a unique Remembrance Day Sunday service, along with an open house providing public tours of its one-of-a-kind historic stained glass windows and Books of…
They say it “takes a village to raise a child,” but the law is clear in Canada that a child’s parents or guardians are the sole arbiters of who in the “village” may participate and what a villager can say…
The concert is sold out, but you’re still likely to hear the name Leon Bridges around town over the next few days. He will stop over at the Commodore Ballroom November 3 as part of a long tour based on…