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Around Town: Fall Festivals, ‘Any Idiot,’ World Street Experience, Consecrated …

by Flyn Ritchie • October 30, 2019 • 0 Comments

Churches are welcoming their neighbours in a variety of ways on Halloween night. Several are opening their building for festivals, fiestas and family nights, while others are moving right out into the community. Here are the church-based events I have…

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Culture, Justice

Making sense of Greta Thunberg

by Dave Bookless • October 24, 2019 • 3 Comments

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…

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City, Community

Around Town: Mitchell Prize, Augustine, Jesus Collective, Heart for Asia . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • October 24, 2019 • 0 Comments

Bowen Island resident Susan Alexander has won a major literary prize. She was awarded the $20,000 Ross and Davis Mitchell Prize for her suite of poems,Vigil. The announcement came October 22, during a celebration at the Aga Kahn Museum in Toronto, with…

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City, Community

Enjoy an evening of Neighbourhood Stories from around Vancouver

by Flyn Ritchie • October 24, 2019 • 0 Comments

For several years, Barry Jung has been going out of his way to meet his neighbours, build relationships with them and strengthen his South Cambie / Oakridge neighbourhood. Recently he has been sharing his experiences and insights with members of…

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City, Urban Issues

Vancouver neighbourhoods: Oakridge

by Jonathan Bird / Flyn Ritchie • October 24, 2019 • 0 Comments

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. Oakridge is a comfortable neighbourhood in south central Vancouver best…

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Culture, Justice

Concerned Citizens oppose ‘highly problematic’ conversion therapy Bill

by Flyn Ritchie • October 10, 2019 • 0 Comments

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…

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City, Community

St. Paul’s fundraising success benefits from strong historic base

by Flyn Ritchie • October 10, 2019 • 1 Comment

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…

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