Earthkeepers and several other faith-based groups will be taking part in another kind of pro-life action next Saturday (November 19) at city hall. They will be joining what they describe as “a monumental effort led by hundreds of organizations and…
Not many movies present Africa in a positive light. Missionaries normally don’t fare well either. But Queen of Katwe casts a positive light on both – and it’s showing in Vancouver right now. Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga) was a 10…
Several significant events over the next few weeks will focus on environmental issues. 1. Laudato Si’ +1 Just over a year ago, Pope Francis released his encyclical Laudato Si’: On care for our common home, which focused on the…
Sopari Sor was born in a refugee camp on the border between Thailand and Cambodia – so it is surprising, if not miraculous, that she graduated from the nursing program at Trinity Western University this spring. An April 28 story…
Housing affordability, urban density, mobility and public spaces – these are among the most pressing issues facing the citizens of Vancouver right now. And they are the subject of Your Future Home: Creating the New Vancouver, an exhibition being hosted…
Regent College grad Jason Goode will celebrate the North American premiere of his Okanagan-shot thriller Numb on the closing night of the 2015 Whistler Film Festival this Sunday (December 6). Numb is billed as a survival thriller: “When a couple…
Several actions, writings and gatherings illustrate a groundswell of local concern about environmental issues, and interest in the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Paris November 30 – December 11. The “meeting of all countries which want…
Last Saturday (July 4), Christians concerned about climate change gathered in Vancouver with a coalition of faith, labour, environmental and Indigenous groups. Together they formed a symbolic wall of solidarity along the seawall in Stanley Park, committing to prevent expansion…