When you look at Servan managing his own tailoring business in the Valley Fair Shopping Mall on Lougheed, you might not think of him as a refugee sponsored by Ridge Church. You might not readily label Harpreet at Subway, or…
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…
Premier David Eby’s announcement of a provincial election has directed attention away from the municipal elections to be held October 17. But that didn’t prevent more than 300 people from attending the Metro Vancouver Alliance (MVA) Municipal Election Assembly at St.…
Well, Ken Sim won’t be there, but all the other key Vancouver mayoral candidates will be – for the Metro Vancouver Alliance (MVA) Municipal Election Assembly. Join hundreds of members of faith, labour, community and nonprofit organizations next Wednesday (September…
Delegates from a diverse range of civic-minded groups recently met at Kerrisdale Presbyterian Church, hoping to influence the Vancouver election this fall. Tim Dickau, co-chair of the lead strategy team for Metro Vancouver Alliance (MVA) wrote: On Wednesday, June 15,…
In the fall of 2025, the Society to End Homelessness had the honour of receiving the Not-for-Profit Organization of the Year award in the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards. Congratulations! It is so good to see the Society seen and recognized…
As you drive around Vancouver these days, you’ll see lots of buildings going up. And a number of those sites – whether simply slated for redevelopment, reduced to holes in the ground or featuring cranes in the sky – are…
First United is celebrating its 140th anniversary this year – and for all of those years the church has been widely recognized as an advocate for its neighbours. The most recent manifestation of that care is their newly released Law…
I’m here already, in the blink of an eye: into the final period of life in full-time paid ministry. My son has already hinted at me retiring and moving to Phoenix and living life on a golf course (maybe there…
It’s been seven years since Fiona Dalton moved to Canada from the United Kingdom to take the position of CEO and president of Providence Health Care, and she still recalls her shock during a tour of Providence sites at how…