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Feather Dance: reconciliation through textile arts

by Sandra Vander Schaaf • June 13, 2019 • 1 Comment

Five Indigenous-designed liturgical stoles will be unveiled June 23 as the St. Hildegard’s Sanctuary community celebrates the results of a year-long collaborative arts-based reconciliation project. The Feather Dance Liturgical Textile Arts Project was launched in July 2018 thanks in large…

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Culture, Justice

Step Up! Speak Up!, Erosion of Freedom rallies take on ‘transgender ideology’

by Flyn Ritchie • June 13, 2019 • 2 Comments

Vancouver might not be the most receptive city for messages which question current transgender theories. But over the next week or so two gatherings – at the Art Gallery and at UBC – will present their view that our culture…

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City, Community

Around Town: Stone’s Throw, Herbert Tsang, Indigenous Peoples Day . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • June 13, 2019 • 0 Comments

Pacific Theatre keeps busy, even when it’s not actually on stage. The Stone’s Throw Theatre Festival will take place in four parts for the rest of the month and into early July. Here’s a description of how it will work:…

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City, Community

Around Town: Women Deliver, Artisan Fair, HomeStart’s truck . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • June 6, 2019 • 0 Comments

Every three years the massive Women Deliver Conference gathers thousands of participants. This year they are meeting June 3 – 6 in Vancouver under the theme ‘Power.Progress.Change.’ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the gathering, and there were a number of…

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City, Culture

Cascadia: churches in the ‘None Zone’ face challenges, look for opportunities

by Flyn Ritchie • June 6, 2019 • 0 Comments

That British Columbia is part of Cascadia has been recognized for some time (Vancouver Sun columnist Douglas Todd’s book Cascadia: The Elusive Utopia opened many local eyes in 2008), but the significance of that bioregional designation for the church has…

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New Hope cares for refugees, and can help you do the same

by Jack Taylor • June 6, 2019 • 0 Comments

Peruvian theologian, Gustavo Gutierrez, said “You say you care about the poor? Then tell me, what are their names?” Care for refugees? Ann Ball, executive director for New Hope Community Services, says: It’s easy to say the words, ‘we care…

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Culture, Justice

Proposed changes to Bill C-75 could weaken key Criminal Code protections

by Flyn Ritchie • June 6, 2019 • 0 Comments

Everyone agrees that the court process is slower than it should be. The Liberals have proposed a massive piece of legislation (Bill C-75) which is intended to deal with that problem. The bill has passed Third Reading in the House…

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