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Around Town: Running for mayor, Grounding Peace, Christmas music . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • December 3, 2025 • 0 Comments

The executive director of First United Church announced earlier this week that she would like to run against Ken Sim for mayor of Vancouver during the civic elections next fall. Amanda Burrows is seeking to be nominated as OneCity Vancouver’s…

Conferences took on controversial issues: Israel, Palestine, Christian Zionism . . .

by Jennifer Roosma • April 30, 2015 • 15 Comments

Two conferences bearing on complex and contentious issues related to Israel and Palestine were held in Vancouver last week. I attended both – my first experience with these organizations – and was pleasantly surprised and encouraged to hear dialogue with…