Since joining the staff of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) this past summer, I’ve attended not one but two Supreme Court cases in which the EFC was an intervener. For the Trinity Western University (TWU) case I spent November…
I welcome the British Columbia Government’s consultation on cannabis regulation and the opportunity to offer my concerns, and some suggestions, about the implementation of legalized marijuana in Canada. Let me also me commend the Government for taking seriously the opioid…
A peculiar thing happened in Vancouver when Canada’s new prostitution law came into effect in 2014. Instead of turning the efforts of law enforcement toward sex buyers, pimps and traffickers, as the law was intended to do, the exploitation of women has…
This comment by Matt Balcarras is particularly timely with the Walk for Reconciliation coming up September 24. Living in Canada in 2017, we have much to be grateful for. We are spared from armed conflicts, famines and so much more that…
There have been a couple of interesting connections between National Geographic and Vancouver over the last month or two. Peter Ash: Under the Same Sun The June issue of National Geographic magazine featured The Perils of Pale, which stated: “For them…
The Vancouver Folk Music Festival is celebrating its 40th anniversary this summer by bringing in a very strong line-up of musicians, including the likes of Billy Bragg, Joe Henry, Shawn Colvin and Jim Kweskin. Some of our best local musicians…
Private member’s motion M-103 on Islamophobia and religious discrimination passed in the House of Commons on March 23, 2017. M-103 condemns Islamophobia and calls for the Heritage Committee to study how to reduce or eliminate systemic racism and religious discrimination…
As a Palestinian, ‘refugee’ is a familiar word and status that many of my people have known since 1948. For non-refugees, this word can represent a stigma as it is associated with encroaching instability and danger. Others wear this term…
“The Burnhams, under torturous conditions, befriended their guards, comforted their fellow hostages and kept their faith in a God who seemed to have abandoned them.” That was the view of USA Today in the wake of Martin and Gracia Burnham’s…
Brian McConaghy, founder of Ratanak International, will be a featured speaker at Missions Fest Vancouver (January 27 – 29). I am a weapons specialist by trade and a highly trained forensic expert with 22 years’ experience in the RCMP. I…