Burnaby author and photographer Marja Bergen has written a new book that she believes is unique in offering comfort and hope to people – and especially Christians – struggling with mood disorders and other mental health challenges. “You can give…
Reprinted with permission from TheTyee.ca. Forty-eight of us are standing on the banks of the Fraser River at the Lytton ferry under a hot September sun. We’ve just been told that the bus we were supposed to take to the…
Fifty years ago, J.H. (Jack) Pickford, a key Baptist leader in western Canada, saw the need for retirement housing for overseas missionaries who were returning home after years of service. That vision grew, through the years, into Baptist Housing, a…
“If you had no other choice but to stick to China’s state media – and, given censorship, that is the case for quite a few people on the mainland – you might believe that protests in Hong Kong are entirely…
The Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments October 15 on the constitutionality of the assisted suicide prohibition in the case of Lee Carter, et al v. Attorney General of Canada, et al. This challenge of the assisted suicide prohibition was…
Wake up Call: California Drought & BC’s Food Security predicts produce prices in B.C. will rise up to 34 per cent this year due to the California drought, which is in its third year. The report, released by Vancity October 10,…
This is the kind of week that makes you realize just how deep and wide and vibrant the Church of Vancouver really is. As we survey a number – by no means all – of the events happening around Metro…