A Ladner hospice has offered to forgo $750,000 in provincial funding so that it will not be obliged to assist in ending the lives of any of their residents. The Delta Hospice Society is on the front lines of a…
Yani Lim is best known locally for her pioneering work with Voices Together. Over the years she has led the way in several large gatherings at Rogers Arena and the Pacific Coliseum, each of which drew thousands of Christians from…
The government is asking Canadians their views on safeguards for medical assistance in dying (MAID). Whether Canadians support safeguards or not will have an impact on what the government includes in new legislation on MAID, which is expected very soon.…
Open Doors has just released its annual World Watch List, which surveys “the 50 countries where it’s most dangerous to follow Jesus.” The 68-page document, which can be downloaded for free, devotes a page to each of the 50 nations.…
The BC Humanist Association (BCHA) is determined to make our province more secular. Most recently, the group took aim at prayer in the BC Legislative Assembly – and won a small victory, with minimal opposition. Earlier this fall, the local…
Chinese security officers detained Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig a year ago, in early December. Kevin and Julia Garratt suffered through a similar experience and are now speaking about their experience on various media and in churches. Following is an…
Monica Tang will be participating in the Christian Climate Observers Program at the UN COP25 climate summit in Madrid, Spain, December 1 – 14. Following is a November 21 entry from her blog which explains why she is participating. My…
Archbishop Michael Miller has accepted all the recommendations in a report on clerical sexual abuse released November 22. Agnieszka Ruck wrote about it in The B.C. Catholic: A groundbreaking report by an Archdiocese of Vancouver review committee on clerical sexual abuse…
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg will be in Vancouver this Friday to participate in a climate strike at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Following is a comment by A Rocha International’s director of theology Dave Bookless. When Greta Thunberg speaks, the world…
A group of concerned citizens has banded together to oppose a Bill opposing conversion therapy. They point out the proposed legislation now before the BC Legislature is poorly drafted, being both too vague and too broad. An explanatory note with…