Several evenings featuring films and faith are coming up, two of them this Friday and two at the end of next week: Film and Faith Evening: Luther Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Vancouver will host a free showing of the…
Peter Biggs of The Light Magazine is researching one Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley municipality each month, and producing a four page feature. The July issue features Mission and Abbotsford. Mission According to the 2016 Census, Mission’s population is 38,833. Incorporated in 1892,…
Churches in the Tri-Cities area are supporting an initiative which draws inspiration from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), July 7 at Lafarge Lake Amphitheatre in Coquitlam. The Rising Eagle Reconciliation Concert “will include apologies, speeches [Kenny Blacksmith], celebrations, music [Art…
Which of the following statements is true? Canada’s national sport is hockey. Canada has a constitutional right to abortion. Canada is a secular nation with separation of church and state. Trick question. They’re all false. Mistaken beliefs about Canada abound.…
You know times are changing when the Roman Catholic Church hosts the first local celebration of the Reformation. The 500th anniversary will take place in 2017, but St. Mark’s Theological College on the UBC campus will be hosting The Catholic…
Pacific Theatre is hosting a like-minded theatre company early next month. Dark Glass Theatre (an initiative of the Humanitas Anabaptist-Mennonite Centre) is presenting Ruined, by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Lynn Nottage. Here is how they describe the play: Ruined explores the plight of…
In the recent BC provincial election, BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver drew unprecedented attention when he found his relatively small party holding the balance of power in a coalition with the New Democrats, allowing his Greens to get some…