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…
As the management and staff of St. Paul’s Hospital look forward to a new home in a new setting, some are remembering its rich history. An October 7 Vancouver Sun article pointed out that fundraising for the new project is…
First Baptist Church is expecting a couple of hundred visitors for their Homelessness Action Day October 14: We have so much to be thankful for! Let’s give thanks to our Lord. For the last 20 years, First Baptist Church has been…
Four years ago Jonathan Bird and I posted a series on the neighbourhoods of Vancouver. We are offering them again, with demographics from the latest national census and some other updates. Dunbar-Southlands is a quiet, leafy, high-income family neighbourhood with…
Cathy Peters is a tireless campaigner against human trafficking and she takes every opportunity to press her case – especially when there is an election looming. Thus she made a point of attending the annual Union of BC Municipalities gathering…
Quite a number of Christians took an active part in the climate strike march last week. Anglicans, Lutherans, Catholics and United Church members were particularly active, along with Earthkeepers: Christians for Climate Justice. But even those who didn’t take part…
Following the climate strike march last Friday, B.C. Catholic editor Paul Schratz tweeted this: 100,000 #ClimateStrike marchers in Vancouver is impressive. It’s also the number of unborn lives lost to abortion last year in Canada. How many might have been…