“Today after a long journey we finally welcomed our new Syrian neighbours to Canada! It was an honour to help reunite one of our neighbours with his family.” That post on the Canyon Heights Church Facebook page referred to the…
It was a dark and stormy night (December 12), and I was debating the wisdom of driving from East Van to the depths of Ladner – even for what seemed like a sure thing: Malcolm Guite and Friends. (I had…
Victoria-Fraserview is an apt name for the neighbourhood which runs south down the hill on either side of Victoria Drive, from 41st Avenue to the Fraser River, between Knight Street on the west and Elliott and Vivian Streets on the…
A significant event in the world of not-for-profits took place in the City of Langley November 23. On the city council’s agenda was the follow-up to this resolution passed September 28: That staff be directed to prepare a tax exemption…
Arbutus Ridge is a comfortable area on the west side of Vancouver. It is bounded by Mackenzie Street on the west, Arbutus Street and Maple Crescent on the east, 16th Avenue on the north and 41st Avenue on the south.…
On November 4 a number of Christian Reformed pastors involved with a new missional initiative called Engage Vancouver went on a tour of the new refugee Welcome House on Victoria Drive at 10th Avenue. Welcome House, the first of its…
Oakridge is a comfortable neighbourhood in south central Vancouver best known for its pleasant single-family housing and Vancouver’s first mall, the Oakridge Shopping Centre. It is also home to the main campus of Langara College. Oakridge runs between Granville Street on the…