“I ask the Creator to come down and bless this event.” That was the prayer of Theresa Campbell from Musqueam Nation as she opened a news conference hosted by Mayor Gregor Robertson at Vancouver City Hall July 25. The event…
Three interesting art shows – and a talk by one of the artists – are taking place this summer on the UBC campus. Edith Krause: [a]drift Beaty Biodiversity Museum Until: August 25 Artist Talk: August 10 “If we are to protect…
When you tackle World Christianity on a Friday evening and part of Saturday – allowing for generous coffee breaks – you can expect to miss a few of the fine points. But the cast of scholars collected by Regent College…
I’m a big fan of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, having attended all but one or two since the early days at Brockton Oval. Most years I hang out there all weekend; at the very least my family has a picnic on…
John Stackhouse believes the church does not provide enough opportunities for adult education, and he’s spent his life trying to remedy that lack. His day job is teaching at Regent College, but he also writes widely and is often consulted…
Canada Day was a very good day for the Church of Vancouver. When 10,000 Christians from across all denominations gather in one of the city’s major public spaces, you have to recognize it as a good sign. Voices Together was…
The Church at the Hollywood will be in the thick of things at the Khats Fest July 13, as they were at Greek Day in June. They have been active in the Kitsilano community for many years, but never more…
Partisans of Pacific Theatre have a lot to celebrate these days. They looked back on 29 successful seasons at their Locarno Beach party June 29 and now they’re anticipating their 30th anniversary season – which looks very strong! Artistic…
Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson’s website recently announced that his Engaged City Task Force is launching some “steps to modernize civic engagement” and some new online tools to achieve that goal. Noting how ironic it is that unprecedented access to communication technologies “should…
Deans of several law schools across Canada have maintained that Trinity Western University’s faith-based community covenant asking students to commit themselves to certain behavioural standards is discriminatory, particularly toward LGBT people. Janet Epp Buckingham, a lawyer and director of Trinity’s…