A new Cardus research report “helps quantify the changing reality of marriage and family in Canada.” ‘The Canadian Married Family Index: The Uneven Decline of Marriage Across Canada’ by Peter Jon Mitchell and Jeneya Ko was posted on the Cardus…
City Dream Centre is active on many fronts – and a significant new initiative has just been announced: The Connections Program is designed to support women as they transition into stability, healing and long-term independence. This one-year residential program will…
A local Member of Parliament is leading the fight to stop the scheduled expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) solely for mental illness. Tamara Jansen (MP for Cloverdale-Langley City) introduced private members Bill C-218 last summer. It had its…
Though the current war in the Middle East has shifted attention away from Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the pain and terror for Ukrainians continues. Hardest hit are always those with the least voice and strength to oppose. Among these…
Dr. Quentin Genuis will launch his new book, Recovering People: Addiction, Personhood and the Life of the Church, at Regent College next Tuesday (February 10). He is an emergency physician at St. Paul’s Hospital and serves as the physician ethicist…
A visiting scholar and a new study offer some valuable insights into the nature of disability and some thoughts about how we can support Canadians with disabilities. During a Houston Centre presentation (‘Reckoning with Our Humanity: How Chronic Illness and…
An important case regarding religious freedom and access to health care began in the Supreme Court of British Columbia Monday (January 12) – but you may need to read judiciously to get an even-handed sense of what is going on.…
British Columbia advocates are leading the charge on either side of the MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) debate as it continues to receive attention well beyond the borders of Canada. The most notable recent example of that attention was pointed…
Ron and Wendy Gaudet and their team have provided well over $600,000 worth of free dental work in Surrey / White Rock since 2017. Working from a clinic in a 38-foot specially designed RV trailer, their City Care Dental program…
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) is doing a good job of reminding us about the current – and even more the future – dangers of the federal government’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) project. Here is what they posted…