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City, Urban Issues

Vancouver neighbourhoods: Sunset

by Jonathan Bird / Flyn Ritchie • October 28, 2015 • 0 Comments

Sunset is one of the most ethnically mixed of Vancouver neighbourhoods. Many Germans lived in the area following the Second World War and it has been a Sikh (Punjabi) enclave more recently. The Sunset neighbourhood covers everything south of 41st…

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City, Urban Issues

Vancouver neighbourhoods: Kensington-Cedar Cottage

by Jonathan Bird / Flyn Ritchie • October 22, 2015 • 0 Comments

Kensington-Cedar Cottage consists of two historical neighbourhoods – Kensington and Cedar Cottage, which are south and north of Kingsway respectively. It sits in the centre of east Vancouver, offering stunning views of the city and the North Shore as one…

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City, Urban Issues

Vancouver neighbourhoods: Riley Park

by Jonathan Bird / Flyn Ritchie • October 14, 2015 • 2 Comments

Riley Park – which for decades has been a highly stable neighborhood of middle class immigrants – is being gentrified as home buyers and business owners look for houses and stores that are more affordable than on the west side…

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City, Urban Issues

Vancouver neighbourhoods: Mount Pleasant

by Jonathan Bird / Flyn Ritchie • November 5, 2015 • 1 Comment

Mount Pleasant is a highly dense, economically diverse community in the mid-north section of Vancouver. The area has been steadily gentrifying since the 1990s, and the trend has intensified in the last decade as mid-rise condos have gone up along…

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City, Community

Around Town: Climate of Change, TWU’s Indigenous Institute, Obama & Robinson

by Flyn Ritchie • October 22, 2015 • 2 Comments

“This is a wonderful opportunity for the city and the church to work together.” So said moderator James Borkowski as he asked Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Roman Catholic Archbishop Michael Miller to address the Climate of Change symposium Wednesday…

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Community, Culture

Insights from Diana Butler Bass, Joel Thiessen and Michael Wilkinson

by Flyn Ritchie • October 15, 2015 • 1 Comment

  Two visiting speakers and a new book co-authored by a local professor offer some valuable insights into the state of the church these days. Diana Butler Bass: Grounded hope Diana Butler Bass has been a favourite in mainline church…

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Culture, Justice

Voting and the kingdom of God

by Mark Glanville • October 8, 2015 • 1 Comment

At the polling booth this election Christ-followers can be guided by the biblical story, which unfolds Christ’s restoring purposes for the world. Christians are not directionless when it comes to politics, for we have a script to orientate us. Scripture…

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